Leucas longifolia

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Leucas longifolia
(Leucas longifolia) flowers at Bhadrachalam 06.JPG
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Leucas
Species:
L. longifolia
Binomial name
Leucas longifolia
Benth.

Leucas longifolia, the long-leaf leucas, is a species of plant in the genus Leucas . It is an erect herb, a foot tall, with the stem leafless below. Leaves are narrowly linear, blunt or somewhat pointed at tip. It is found in Peninsular India. [1]

In Assam it is locally known as doron or drona

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