Local Name: Pokok Misai Kucing
Scientific Name: Orthosiphon stamineus Benth
Family: Lamiaceae
Origin/Habitat: Originally from Malaysia. Cat’s Whiskers tree is a herb shrub that can grow up to 1.5 meters tall
Details: Is a flowering tree and usually planted as an ornamental plant. The blueish white flower is placed on the 16 cm long ‘verticil’ and have long filament which looks like a cat’s whiskers. The herb plant leaves are arranged in opposite pairing order and have smooth, green colour, tapering at the end. The leaves’ stem is only about 0.3 cm long and purplish-red in colour. The stalk of the cat whiskers tree is square in shape, reddish in colour and grows vertically and have many branches.
Medicinal Uses: Cat’s Whiskers herbs is used to help cure urinary and kidney disease
Breeding: N/A