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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Plectranthus''
| image = Plectranthus_fruticans0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Flowers of ''P. fruticans''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = '''''Plectranthus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle|L'Hér.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
Many, see text.
| synonyms =
''Fabirama''
}}
'''''Plectranthus''''' is a [[genus]] of warm-climate plants, closely related to ''[[Solenostemon]]'', sometimes known as the '''spurflowers'''. Several species are grown as [[ornamental plant]]s, as [[leaf vegetable]]s, as [[root vegetable]]s for their edible [[tuber]]s, or as [[herbalism|medicine]].<ref>{{cite journal | title = Plectranthus: A review of ethnobotanical uses | author = Catherine W. Lukhobaa, Monique S.J. Simmonds, and Alan J. Paton | doi = 10.1016/j.jep.2005.09.011 | journal = Journal of Ethnopharmacology | volume = 103 | issue = 1 | date = 3 January 2006 | pages = 1-24}}</ref>
''Plectranthus'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Engrailed|The Engrailed]].
==Selected species==
*''[[Plectranthus amboinicus]]'' (Lour.) Spreng.
*''[[Plectranthus argentatus]]''
*''[[Plectranthus barbatus]]''
*''[[Plectranthus caninus]]'' Roth
*''[[Plectranthus congestus]]'' R.Br.
*''[[Plectranthus edulis]]'' (Vatke) Agnew
*''[[Plectranthus esculentus]]'' N.E.Br.
*''[[Plectranthus fruticosus]]'' L'Hér.
*''[[Plectranthus habrophyllus]]''
*''[[Plectranthus madagascariensis]]''
*''[[Plectranthus nitidus]]''
*''[[Plectranthus nummularius]]'' Briq.
*''[[Plectranthus omissus]]''
*''[[Plectranthus parviflorus]]''
*''[[Plectranthus rotundifolius]]'' (Poir.) Spreng.
*''[[Plectranthus scutellarioides]]'' (L.) R.Br.
*''[[Plectranthus ternatus]]''
*''[[Plectranthus tomentosa]]''
*''[[Plectranthus torrenticola]]''
*''[[Plectranthus verticillatus]]'' (L.f.) Druce
== References ==
<references/>
== External links ==
{{commons}}
{{unimelb|Plectranthus.html}}
* [http://ecoport.org/perl/ecoport15.pl?searchType=entityDisplay&entityId=9922 EcoPort on ''P. rotundifolius'']
* [http://database.prota.org/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=QBE_QUERY&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fdatabase.prota.org%2Fsearch.htm&TN=PROTAB~1&QB0=AND&QF0=Species+Code&QI0=Solenostemon+rotundifolius&RF=Webdisplay&MR=20 PROTAbase on ''P. rotundifolius'' synonym for ''Solenostemon rotundifolius'']
* [http://ecoport.org/perl/ecoport15.pl?searchType=entityDisplay&entityId=8753 EcoPort on ''P. esculentus'' (with tuber photo)]
* [http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/data/vitex/lamiales94.pdf Lamiales Newsletter on ''P. esculentus'']
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/roger_blench/Ethnoscience%20data/Little-known%20African%20tubers.pdf Little-known African Tubers (discusses ''P. rotundifolius'' and ''P. esculentus'')]
[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
[[category:root vegetables]]
[[category:leaf vegetables]]
[[Category:Underutilized crops]]
{{vegetable-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Plectranthus''
| image = Plectranthus_fruticans0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Flowers of ''P. fruticans''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = '''''Plectranthus'''''
| genus_authority = [[Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle|L'Hér.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
Many, see text.
| synonyms =
''Fabirama''
}}
'''''Plectranthus''''' is a [[genus]] of warm-climate plants, closely related to ''[[Solenostemon]]'', sometimes known as the '''spurflowers'''. Several species are grown as [[ornamental plant]]s, as [[leaf vegetable]]s, as [[root vegetable]]s for their edible [[tuber]]s, or as [[herbalism|medicine]].<ref>{{cite journal | title = Plectranthus: A review of ethnobotanical uses | author = Catherine W. Lukhobaa, Monique S.J. Simmonds, and Alan J. Paton | doi = 10.1016/j.jep.2005.09.011 | journal = Journal of Ethnopharmacology | volume = 103 | issue = 1 | date = 3 January 2006 | pages = 1-24}}</ref>
''Plectranthus'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Engrailed|The Engrailed]].
==Selected species==
*''[[Plectranthus amboinicus]]'' (Lour.) Spreng.
*''[[Plectranthus argentatus]]''
*''[[Plectranthus barbatus]]''
*''[[Plectranthus caninus]]'' Roth
*''[[Plectranthus congestus]]'' R.Br.
*''[[Plectranthus edulis]]'' (Vatke) Agnew
*''[[Plectranthus esculentus]]'' N.E.Br.
*''[[Plectranthus fruticosus]]'' L'Hér.
*''[[Plectranthus habrophyllus]]''
*''[[Plectranthus madagascariensis]]''
*''[[Plectranthus nitidus]]''
*''[[Plectranthus nummularius]]'' Briq.
*''[[Plectranthus omissus]]''
*''[[Plectranthus parviflorus]]''
*''[[Plectranthus rotundifolius]]'' (Poir.) Spreng.
*''[[Plectranthus scutellarioides]]'' (L.) R.Br.
*''[[Plectranthus ternatus]]''
*''[[Plectranthus tomentosa]]''
*''[[Plectranthus torrenticola]]''
*''[[Plectranthus verticillatus]]'' (L.f.) Druce
== References ==
<references/>
== External links ==
{{commons}}
{{unimelb|Plectranthus.html}}
* [http://ecoport.org/perl/ecoport15.pl?searchType=entityDisplay&entityId=9922 EcoPort on ''P. rotundifolius'']
* [http://database.prota.org/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=QBE_QUERY&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fdatabase.prota.org%2Fsearch.htm&TN=PROTAB~1&QB0=AND&QF0=Species+Code&QI0=Solenostemon+rotundifolius&RF=Webdisplay&MR=20 PROTAbase on ''P. rotundifolius'' synonym for ''Solenostemon rotundifolius'']
* [http://ecoport.org/perl/ecoport15.pl?searchType=entityDisplay&entityId=8753 EcoPort on ''P. esculentus'' (with tuber photo)]
* [http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/data/vitex/lamiales94.pdf Lamiales Newsletter on ''P. esculentus'']
* [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/roger_blench/Ethnoscience%20data/Little-known%20African%20tubers.pdf Little-known African Tubers (discusses ''P. rotundifolius'' and ''P. esculentus'')]
[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
[[category:root vegetables]]
[[category:leaf vegetables]]
[[Category:Underutilized crops]]
{{vegetable-stub}}