Plant Details

Accepted name:: Orthosiphon thymiflorus (Roth) Sleesen [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
boominilapatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cilannippatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cilantippatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu sanna pathri gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu-thrithava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
prataanikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pratanika	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tulsi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
熊尾草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 46 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Orthosiphon glabratus Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 14 (1830).
Orthosiphon marmoritis (Hance) Dunn Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 154 (1913).
Orthosiphon suffrutescens (Schumach.) J.K.Morton J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 58: 266 (1962).
Orthosiphon tomentosus var. glabratus (Benth.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 614 (1885).
Plectranthus marmoritis Hance J. Bot. 12: 53 (1874).
Ocimum suffrutescens Schumach. Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. 4: 330 (1829).
Ocimum thonningii Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 269 (1827).
Ocimum thymiflorum Roth Nov. Pl. Sp.: 269 (1821).
Ocimum triste Roth Nov. Pl. Sp.: 270 (1821).
Orthosiphon australis Vatke Linnaea 40: 179 (1876).
Orthosiphon buryi S.Moore J. Bot. 45: 233 (1907).
Orthosiphon calaminthoides Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 225 (1895).
Orthosiphon chevalieri Briq. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 284 (1917).
Orthosiphon coloratus Vatke Linnaea 43: 86 (1881).
Orthosiphon glabratus var. africanus Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 51 (1848).
Orthosiphon glabratus var. parviflorus (Benth.) Gamble Fl. Pres. Madr. 2: 1114 (1924).
Orthosiphon heterochrous Briq. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 173 (1894).
Orthosiphon hildebrandtii Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 372 (1900), nom. illeg.
Orthosiphon inconcinnus Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 991 (1903).
Orthosiphon iodocalyx Briq. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 174 (1894).
Orthosiphon liebrechtsiauum Briq. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 37: 84 (1898).
Orthosiphon longipes Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 373 (1900).
Orthosiphon merkeri Gürke Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 208 (1905).
Orthosiphon mollis Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 275 (1895).
Orthosiphon mombasicus Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 369 (1900).
Orthosiphon neglectus Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 988 (1903).
Orthosiphon petiolaris Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 943 (1858).
Orthosiphon rabaiensis S.Moore J. Bot. 44: 26 (1906).
Orthosiphon rabaiensis var. parvifolia S.Moore J. Bot. 44: 26 (1906).
Orthosiphon roseus Briq. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 174 (1894).
Orthosiphon silvicola Gürke Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 327 (1908).
Orthosiphon sinensis Hemsl. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26: 268 (1890).
Orthosiphon somalensis Vatke Linnaea 43: 87 (1881).
Orthosiphon stuhlmannii Gürke in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 349 (1895).
Orthosiphon tenuifrons Briq. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 283 (1917).
Orthosiphon thymiflorus var. viscosus (Benth.) Sleesen Reinwardtia 5: 43 (1959).
Orthosiphon tomentosus var. parviflorus Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 51 (1848).
Orthosiphon tomentosus var. rubiginosus C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 614 (1885).
Orthosiphon tomentosus var. viscosus (Benth.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 614 (1885).
Orthosiphon usambarensis Gürke Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 62 (1894).
Orthosiphon viatorum S.Moore J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 199 (1905).
Orthosiphon viscosus Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 14 (1830).
Orthosiphon wilmsii Gürke Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 81 (1898).
Plectranthus bolusii T.Cooke Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 377 (1909).
Plectranthus thymiflorus (Roth) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 690 (1825).
Plectranthus tristis (Roth) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 690 (1825).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Orthosiphon glabratus Benth.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Orthosiphon marmoritis (Hance) Dunn	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Orthosiphon suffrutescens (Thonn.) JK Morton	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Orthosiphon thymiflorus (Roth) Sleesen	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Orthosiphon thymiflorus (Roth.) Sleasen	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Orthosiphon thymiﬂorus (Roth) Sleesen	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Orthosiphon tomentosus Benth. var. glabratus Hook. f.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Plectranthus marmoritis Hance	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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