Subscribe
close
mail
Weekly plant science, one email, Saturdays.
On Gmail? Check Promotions for the confirm email.
Check your inbox to confirm — link expires in 24 hours.
Something went wrong — please try again.
Too many signup attempts from your network. Try again in an hour, or email hello@plant.news .
Filter by week
calendar_month
All weeks
Week of Oct 24 (188)
Week of Oct 17 (201)
Week of Oct 10 (192)
Week of Oct 03 (184)
Week of Sep 26 (189)
Week of Sep 19 (199)
Week of Sep 12 (207)
Week of Sep 05 (180)
Week of Aug 29 (192)
Week of Aug 22 (179)
Week of Aug 15 (196)
Week of Aug 08 (193)
Week of Aug 01 (161)
Week of Jul 25 (173)
Week of Jul 18 (256)
Week of Jul 11 (216)
Week of Jul 04 (217)
Week of Jun 27 (202)
Week of Jun 20 (218)
Week of Jun 13 (211)
Week of Jun 06 (208)
Week of May 30 (174)
Week of May 23 (191)
Week of May 16 (210)
Week of May 09 (161)
Week of May 02 (171)
Week of Apr 24 (151)
Week of Apr 18 (188)
Week of Apr 11 (153)
Week of Apr 04 (192)
Week of Mar 28 (150)
Week of Feb 21 (171)
expand_more
mail
Subscribe
casino
search
Index
All families
chevron_right
order
Lamiales
chevron_right
family
Lamiaceae
chevron_right
genus
Orthosiphon
Genus
Orthosiphon is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae native to Africa, Southern Asia and Queensland, with one species (O. americanus) in Colombia. They are herbaceous shrubs which grow to a height of 1.5 m (5 ft). Some Orthosiphon species are popular garden plants because of their flowers, which are white and bluish with filaments resembling a cat's whiskers. In the wild, the plants can be seen growing in forests and along roadsides.
From Wikipedia ,
licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Plants in this genus
1 plant
expand_more
Show all 1 plants
Research on Orthosiphon
1 article
What science is finding about Orthosiphon
Every article on Plant News that mentions a member of this genus, newest first.
All topics
gut-microbiome1
medicinal-plants1
plant-signaling1
soil-health1
traditional-medicine1
Latest finding
A traditional medicinal plant called Cat's Whiskers (Orthosiphon aristatus), used in Southeast Asian folk medicine for millennia to treat kidney problems, was shown in a rat study to significantly reduce kidney damage from high uric acid by reshaping gut bacteria and blocking a harmful inflammation pathway.
expand_more
Show all 1
Most researched in this genus
Plant News
Plant science intelligence curated from PubMed, iNaturalist, bioRxiv, and more.
Sources
Abstracts are copyright their respective publishers. Plant descriptions from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0 . Credited iNaturalist photos name their photographer and licence. Some plant pages still show an older, uncredited iNaturalist photo until a credited one replaces it.
System
Generated: 2026-10-24 08:14
Articles: 6130
Synthesized: 6076
© 2026 Plant News. Plant science for plant people. Plant descriptions from Wikipedia are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Credited iNaturalist photos name their photographer and licence. Some plant pages still show an older, uncredited iNaturalist photo until a credited one replaces it.
dashboard
Home
eco
Plants
tag
Topics
casino
Surprise
search
Search
