patchouli
Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth.
Pogostemon cablin, known as patchouli, is a perennial herb in the Lamiaceae family. It features erect stems up to 75 cm tall and produces small, pale pink-white flowers. The plant is widely distributed across tropical regions including Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and parts of Africa.
Description
Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth. is a member of the Lamiaceae family and is commonly known as patchouli. It is a bushy perennial herb with upright stems that can grow up to 75 cm in height. The plant bears small, pale pink-white flowers. It is native to and cultivated in regions such as Taiwan, China Southeast, Hainan, the Philippines, Indonesia (including Jawa, Sulawesi, Sumatera, and the Lesser Sunda Is.), Malaya, Sri Lanka, Thailand, New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and parts of Africa including Tanzania, South Central Africa, and the Congo. The species was first described in 1848.
Other common names
patchouli-plantpatchoulypatchouli
Distribution
TW · SC · LC · CD · BR · China Southeast · Fiji · Hainan · Jawa · Lesser Sunda Is. · Malaya · New Guinea · Philippines · Samoa · Sri Lanka · Sulawesi · Sumatera · Taiwan · Thailand · Tonga · Trinidad-Tobago · Vietnam
Synonyms
Mentha auriculariaMentha cablinPogostemon battakianusPogostemon comosusPogostemon hortensisPogostemon javanicusPogostemon mollisPogostemon nepetoidesPogostemon patchoulyPogostemon suavisPogostemon tomentosusPogostemon patchouly var. suavisPogostemon heyneanus var. patchoulyPogostemon nepetoides var. glandulosus
