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Plectranthus amboinicus

Scientific name: Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng.
Synonym: Coleus amboinicus Lour.
Botanical family: LAMIACEAE

Vernacular names

(In territories with significant traditional TRAMIL use)

Cuba:

  • orégano francés

Mexico:

  • orégano grueso

Venezuela:

  • orégano orejón

Other vernacular names

Botanical description

Perennial herb, 60-100 cm high,with soft thick-stems, succulent, hairy, aromatic.  Leaves blades, 2.5-4.5 x 2.5-4 cm, thick and soft, broadly ovate, truncate-subcordate at the base, apex obtuse to rounded, margins crenate, both surfaces densely pubescent with glands; inflorescence a raceme 10-30 cm long; flowers bilabiate, corolla 7-9 mm long, lilac to whitish.

Voucher(s)

Medina,47,CICY

Fuentes,4579,ROIG


Pharmacopoeia

Ed.2

References

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