Pogostemon benghalensis(Burm.f.) Kuntze

WFO wfo-0000279648 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pogostemon benghalensis, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. a Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-02-11 / obs. 179262064
Pogostemon benghalensis, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. b Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 135440897
Pogostemon benghalensis, photographed by Ajit Ampalakkad
fig. c Ajit Ampalakkad, CC0 1.0 / obs. 48360608
Pogostemon benghalensis, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. d Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 71737663
Pogostemon benghalensis, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 115417720
Pogostemon benghalensis, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. f Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 115296806
Pogostemon benghalensis, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 115274148
Pogostemon benghalensis, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. h Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 66348893

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Pogostemon benghalensis is native: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya AssamBangladeshEast HimalayaIndiaMyanmarNepalPakistanThailandVietnamWest Himalaya Andaman Is.
Native distribution of Pogostemon benghalensis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Mentha integra Buch.-Ham. ex Benth.
  • Origanum benghalense Burm.f.
  • Origanum indicum Roth
  • Pogostemon frutescens J.Graham
  • Pogostemon indicus (Roth) Kuntze
  • Pogostemon purpuricaulis Dalzell

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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