Taxon:
Plectranthus scutellarioides (L.) R. Br.
Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 506. 1810
Verified:
06/04/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
- Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397# Note: = Solenostemon scutellarioides (L.) Codd
- Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
- Suddee, S. et al. 2004. A taxonomic revision of tribe Ocimeae Dumort. (Lamiaceae) in continental South East Asia II. Plectranthinae. Kew Bull. 59:411-412.
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: mentions
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2 Note: = Coleus scutellarioides (L.) Benth.
Common names
English
coleus – painted-nettle – German
Buntblatt – Buntnessel – Spanish
macho – nene – Spanish (Mexico)
ahijado – Swedish
palettblad – Transcribed Chinese
wu cai su – unknown
el-nene –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Fujian Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Solomon Islands | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | n. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | n. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | n. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. in tropics |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland (n.), Western Australia (n.), Northern Territory (n.)]
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | as Solenostemon scutellarioides | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Medicines | folklore | fide CRC MedHerbs ed2, as Solenostemon scutellarioides; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):408. 1999 | Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):408. URL: http://proseanet.org |