Plant Details

Accepted name:: Coleus amboinicus Lour. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amroda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asmabhedah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asmantaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baume	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
baume du pérou	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
borage, indian	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
camparavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirukanpilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirupilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
country borage	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
country-borage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cuban oregano	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cuban-oregano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dacon ajenton	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dodda pathre	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dodda pathre soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
french-thyme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
grobonm	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
gros baume	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
harfenstrauch	Other	Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
himsagar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hortelã	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
hortelã graúda	Other	Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
indian borage	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indian thyme	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indian-borage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
indian-mint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
iribeli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jamaika-thymian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
kaattukulinjavaraipatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kannikkurka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kannikkurkka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanpilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kapparawalliya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
karmelo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpeti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpoora valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpooravalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpurahalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpuravalli	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpuravallicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuppuravalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuvaeru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kryddkarlbergare	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kurpurvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lipérou	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
malva	Other	Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
mandukaparni	Other	Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
mankaiyakkanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mexican mint	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mexican thyme	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mexican-mint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
modayanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muttainari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muttainaricceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nyadobwe yamaka	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
omavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oregano	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
oreille	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
orégano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
orégano de cartagena	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
orégano de castilla	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
orégano grueso	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
ova	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pan-ova	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panikkurkaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panikkurkka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parnayavani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pasana peti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pasanabheda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pashanabheda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pashanabhedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patharcheer	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patharchur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patharcur	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patherchur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pathorchur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pathurchur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patta ajavauin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sambraani ele	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
semarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
silabhedha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soup-mint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
spanish thyme	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
spanish-thyme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sugandhavalakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sugandhavalkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thyme, spanish	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
toronjil de limon	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
toronjil de limón	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ukkirikacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ukkirikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vamu aaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vick's plant	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark of the root, Flowers, Leaves, Roots, Seeds, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
leaves		Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
leaf, stem		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
leaf, aerial parts		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Fruit, Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Coleus aromaticus Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 16 (1830).
Coleus suborbicularis Zoll. & Moritzi in A.Moritzi, Syst. Verz. Java: 4 (1846).
Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., 2: 690 (1825).
Coleus amboinicus var. violaceus Gürke Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 210 (1894).
Coleus carnosus Hassk. Flora 25(2 Beibl.): 25 (1842).
Coleus crassifolius Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 15 (1830).
Coleus subfrutectosus Summerh. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 392 (1928).
Coleus suganda Blanco Fl. Filip.: 483 (1837).
Coleus vaalae (Forssk.) Deflers Rev. Egypt: 423 (1894).
Majana amboinica (Lour.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 524 (1891).
Majana carnosa (Hassk.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 524 (1891).
Majana suganda (Blanco) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 524 (1891).
Ocimum vaalae Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 111 (1775), nom. rej.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Coleus amboinensis	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Coleus amboinicus	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Coleus amboinicus Lour.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2022)
Coleus ambonicus Lour.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Coleus aromaticus	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Coleus aromaticus Benth.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Coleus aromaticus Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Coleus suborbiculata	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Colus aromaticus	Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
Plectranthus amboinicus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Sprengel	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Plectranthus ambonicus (Lour.) Spreng.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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