Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Lamiaceae | Genus: Roylea | Species: Roylea cinerea (D.Don) Baill.( तित्पत्ती ) |
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| Synonym | Ballota cinerea D.Don, Phlomis calycina Roxb., Roylea calycina (Roxb.) Briq. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Kararoi tila pati, patkarru, Titpatti | Flower Type | Spikelet |
| English / Trade Name | Ashy Roylea | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Titpatti | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 2700 m | Fruit Type | Nut |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit nutlets flat at the tip. Apically ± truncate and papillose. |
| Habitat | Temperate miscellaneous forests. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | North west India, Himalaya to Nepal. | Bark Details | Densely greyish velvety with a covering of prostrate and some spreading glandular hairs. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Shrub up to 2 m tall. Stems, including older woody parts, densely greyish velvety with a covering of prostrate and some spreading glandular hairs. Leaves ovate, toothed to almost lobed, flat or somewhat narrow at the base. Flower-spikes consists of 4-12-flowered, white or pink, separated clusters on very short peduncles. Bracts are linear-subulate; sepals nearly equal, elegant, oblong-elliptic narrowed at base, sepals scarcely enlarging in fruit. petal tube slender straight, upper lip is entire, hairy; lower lip 3-lobed, median slightly larger. Fruit nutlets flat at the tip. Apically ± truncate and papillose. | Leaf Details | Leaves ovate, toothed to almost lobed, flat or somewhat narrow at the base. |
