About Cat's Whiskers
Orthosiphon aristatus, commonly known as cat's whiskers or Java tea, is a plant species in the family Lamiaceae (also known Labiatae). The plant is a medicinal herb found mainly throughout southern China, the Indian subcontinent, South East Asia, and tropical Queensland, Australia. As a medical herb, it is used for increasing excretion of urine, lowering uric acid, protecting kidney, reducing oxidative stress, reducing inflammation, protecting liver, protecting stomach, lowering blood pressure, ameliorating diabetes, ameliorating hyperlipidemia, fighting microorganisms and fighting anorexia. It is known as kumis kucing in Indonesia and misai kucing in Malaysia, both of which translate to cat's whiskers.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Orthosiphon aristatus
- Genus
- Orthosiphon
- Family
- LAMIACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-October
Local Names
- Tamil
- பூனை மீசை செடி
- Malayalam
- പൂച്ചമീശ, Orthosiphon aristatus
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Cat's Whiskers belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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