Rimangi (Plectranthus monostachyus)

Rimangi (Plectranthus monostachyus) is a plant species in Lamiaceae, chronic shrub, erect or bulging, 30-70 cm high, rectangular stems, haired, green with a reddish purple tinge, has a segment of 1-10 cm, grows in forests, rice fields, roadside and abandoned lands with lots of sun.

P. monostachyus has a single leaf arranged facing and crossing, in the shape of an egg to a wide round, 0.9-6.5 cm long, 0.8-6 cm wide, rounded base, rattled or wedged, jagged edges, blunt edges to notch.

Petiole has a length of 2-15 mm but the top leaves do not have petiole, canalic, hairy, green adaxial surface with reddish purple and bare edges, pale abaxial surface, base of leaf bone on adaxial surface and reddish purple, leaf vein protruding.

Terminal flower, verticillaster, 5-30 cm long, leaf handle with blades to round the egg, 4x4 mm, reddish purple, white base, pedicel 1-2 mm, swam and purple. Sticky petals, 2 lips, reddish purple and 2.5 mm.

Crown attached and 2 lips where the upper lip is short, 4 lobes, white, reddish purple edge, while the lower lip blushes, 4x6 mm and purple. The flower has 4 stamens, the stalks attached at the base and white. Oval, dorsifix and yellow anthers. Only 1 pistil, 2 lobes, the fruit will hitchhike and purple.

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Ocimeae
Subtribe: Plectranthinae
Genus: Plectranthus
Species: Plectranthus monostachyus

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