Taxon:
Plectranthus rotundifolius (Poir.) Spreng.
Summary
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 2:690. 1825
Verified:
06/04/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa. Note: = Solenostemon rotundifolius (Poir.) J. K. Morton
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
- Flach, M. & F. Rumawas, eds. 1996. Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 9:141-143. URL: http://proseanet.org
- 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 rotundifolius (Poir.) J. K. Morton
- 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. 59:409-410.
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
English
Chinese-potato – country-potato – fra-fra-potato – Hausa-potato – Madagascar-potato – Salaga-potato – Sudan-potato – French
pomme de terre du Madagascar – pomme de terre du Soudan – German
Hausakartoffel – India
koorka – Portuguese (Brazil)
cóleus – Spanish
patata de los Hausas – Sri Lanka (Sinhala)
ratala –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | w. |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | e. |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
6 | Other | | | | | probable origin tropical Africa |
Cultivated
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zambia (w.), Zimbabwe (e.)
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Mauritius
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
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INDO-CHINA:
Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia
Other
(probable origin tropical Africa)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | vegetable | tuber fide Use Pl WT Afr, as Solenostemon rotundifolius; F Ceylon, as Coleus rotundifolius | Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. |