Coleus esculentus
Country Potato, Livingstone Potato
Other regional names: Madagascar Potato
- Madagascar Potato
Also known as: Coleus coppinii Heckel +8 more
- Coleus coppinii Heckel
- Coleus dazo A.Chev.
- Coleus floribundus var. longipes (N.E.Br.) Robyns & Lebrun
- Coleus langouassiensis A.Chev.
- Coleus longouassiensis A.Chev.
- Englerastrum floribundum (N.E.Br.) T.C.E.Fr.
- Plectranthus esculentus N.E.Br.
- Plectranthus floribundus N.E.Br.
- Plectranthus floribundus var. longipes N.E.Br.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Lamiaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a tuberous geophyte.
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Coleus esculentus (commonly known as Country Potato or Livingstone potato) is a tuberous plant within the Lamiaceae family. It naturally occurs in Africa. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in seasonally dry tropical conditions. There are naturally occurring varieties of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
East Tropical Africa, South Tropical Africa, Southern Africa, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Chad
Subspecies, Varieties & Forms