Coleus amboinicus Lour.

  • Filed As

    Lamiaceae
    Coleus amboinicus Lour.

  • Collector(s)

    E. D. Merrill 129, Jul 1914

  • Location

    Philippines. Cavite. Luzon, Maragondong.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 5121426

    Occurrence ID: 57317861-95fc-48bb-b0f0-1873cbe3fd69

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Lamiales

  • Family

    Lamiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Coleus amboinicus Lour.

    No botanical uses.

COLEUS Loureiro
Coleus suganda Blanco VL Filip. (1837) 438 (sp. nov.) ; ed. 2_< 1845) 337;
ed. 3, 2 '(1878) 259=COLEUS AMBOINICUS Lour. FI. Cochinch.
(1790)" 372 (C. aromaticus Benth.).
This species is widely distributed in the Philippines, but occurs
/in the Archipelago only as an occasionally cultivated plant; cer-
tainly introduced. It very rarely produces flowers. The species
is of interest as it is the type of the genus Coleus. It is generally
known under.the ^agalog name suganda, and under thei Spanish
names oregano and clavo.	,
Illustrative specimen from Maragondong, Cavite Province,
Luzon, July, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 129).
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SPECIES BLANCOANAE hHì, 1S9
l£f*. Ooleus aaboiaious Xomr*
Coleus sufa&da Blaaoo
Coleus aroaatlous Benth,
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