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It is cultivated in Bangalore and coastal areas of South India, Bengal and Assam.

Botanical Name : Pogostemon patchouli

Family : Lamiaceae

Plant Discription : It is a branched,erect or ascending pubscent herb or undershrub with quadrangular stem about 1 to 1.2 m tall.The leaves are simple,ovate to oblong ovate, pale to purplish green in colour. It does not flower under cultivation.

Centre of Origin : Phillipines

Pollination System : Self pollinated

Chromosome No. : 2n=32