Coleus esculentus - Wikipedia
Coleus esculentus, synonym Plectranthus esculentus, [1] also known as the kaffir potato [2] or Livingstone potato, [3] is a species of plant in the dicot family Lamiaceae. [4] It is indigenous to Africa, where it is grown for its edible tubers. It is more difficult to cultivate than Coleus rotundifolius, but able to give greater yields.
Plectranthus esculentus – African Orphan Crops Consortium
2013年3月8日 · Plectranthus esculentus, with English common names kaffir potato, and Livingstone potato, is a species of plant in the dicot family Lamiaceae. It is indigenous to Africa, where it is grown for its edible tubers.
Plectranthus - Wikipedia
Plectranthus is a genus of about 85 species of flowering plants from the sage family, Lamiaceae, found mostly in southern and tropical Africa and Madagascar. Common names include spur-flower. Plectranthus species are herbaceous perennial plants, rarely annuals or soft-wooded shrubs, sometimes succulent; sometimes with a tuberous base. [2]
Plectranthus - Dave's Garden
2011年6月10日 · Blue spur flower (Plectranthus oertendahlii), also known as s peckled spur flower or candlestick plant, is a low-growing selection that is at home in the low light of the forest floor. It can successfully compete for nutrients and moisture underneath trees.
Plectranthus esculentus - Useful Tropical Plants - The Ferns
2024年10月13日 · Plectranthus esculentus is a plant of the tropics. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 15 - 28°c, but can tolerate 10 - 36°c [ ]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 700 - 1,100mm, but tolerates 550 - 1,600mm [ ]. Prefers a pH in the range 6.5 - 7, tolerating 6 - 7.5 [ ].
Plectranthus esculentus | PlantZAfrica
Plectranthus esculentus N.E.Br. Family: Lamiaceae. Common names: wild potato, veld potato, African potato, Livingstone potato (Eng.); veldaartappel, wilde-aartappel (Afr.); itapile (Xhosa); tsenza (Shona); mutada (Venda); ujango, ujilo, umbondwe, umhlaza (Zulu), umbondiwe (Ndebele)
Untapped potential of Livingstone potato, an indigenous and ...
2019年5月17日 · The Livingstone potato (Plectranthus esculentus), a tuberous root vegetable indigenous to Africa, remains a neglected and underutilised crop species (NUCS). Of late, there has been a shift in how the NUCS are viewed as consumers become increasingly aware of their nutritional and medicinal value.
Coleus esculentus | PlantZAfrica - SANBI
Coleus esculentus is an erect to trailing, semi-succulent, deciduous, aromatic herb or shrublet that grows 600–1 200 mm tall. It has tuberous roots that are fleshy and swollen, similar to the ordinary potato.
Coleus esculentus - Plants of the World Online
Plectranthus esculentus is one of the most frequently used of the 21 species of Plectranthus employed in the treatment of disorders of the digestive system. It is also used in eastern and southern Africa as an antihelmintic to treat intestinal worms.
Plectranthus esculentus - Plants of the World Online | Kew Science
Organographic and anatomical evidence that the edible storage organs of Plectranthus esculentus N. E. Br. (Lamiaceae) are stem tubers [online] Field Crop. Res. Volume 83: Issue 1 pp. 35-39. Burkill, H.M. (1985).