Lamiaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Plectranthus prostratus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Plectranthus prostratus is a succulent, perennial plant with creeping, much-branched stems that form new roots at the nodes. The plant forms a dense, low mound of foliage of foliage around 20cm tall[ 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. , 515 Title Flora of Tropical Africa Vol 1 - 8 Publication Author Var Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher L.Reeve & Co.; Ashford, Kent. Year 1868 - 1917 ISBN Description Very little information on habitat, range and uses, but gives good descriptions of the plants. It can be downloaded from the internet. , 1355 Title Plants of the World online Publication Author Website http://powo.science.kew.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line database giving detailed descriptions of almost 40,000 species of plants (as of 2018), almost 25,000 images and a list of almost 850,000 plant names. A truly excellent resource and still growing. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is grown as an ornamental[ 1346 Title Plectranthus: A review of ethnobotanical uses Publication Journal of Ethnopharmacology 103 (2006) 1-24 Author Lukhoba C.W.; Simmonds M.S.J.; Paton A.J. Publisher Year 2006 ISBN Description An excellent guide to the uses of Plectranthus species, giving the basic uses and the literature supporting this. ]. A widely distributed plant, it is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 1355 Title Plants of the World online Publication Author Website http://powo.science.kew.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line database giving detailed descriptions of almost 40,000 species of plants (as of 2018), almost 25,000 images and a list of almost 850,000 plant names. A truly excellent resource and still growing. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania

HabitatAcacia scrub, often on rocks or sand, rarely reported from black cotton soil; at elevations from 60 - 1,800 metres[ 1355 Title Plants of the World online Publication Author Website http://powo.science.kew.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line database giving detailed descriptions of almost 40,000 species of plants (as of 2018), almost 25,000 images and a list of almost 850,000 plant names. A truly excellent resource and still growing. ].