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Lamiaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Plectranthus pseudomarrubioides

Plectranthus pseudomarrubioides

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Plectranthus pseudomarrubioides is a succulent, perennial plant with scandent or prostrate stems; it can grow up to 1 metre tall. The plant produces short axillary shoots which can fall off to produce new plants[ 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 - Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania; Arabian Peninsula - Saudi Arabia
HabitatRocks or dry grassland, often scrambling up through thick vegetation; at elevations from 1,200 - 2,100 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. ].