Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Coleus amboinicus
Scientific Name and Description
Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Plectranthus ambonicus
Coleus ambonicus LOUR.
Coleus aromaticus BENTH.
Coleus amboinicus Lour.
Coleus amboinicus var. violaceus Gürke
Coleus aromaticus Benth.
Coleus carnosus Hassk.
Coleus crassifolius Benth.
Coleus subfrutectosus Summerh.
Coleus suborbicularis Zoll. & Moritzi
Coleus suganda Blanco
Coleus vaalae (Forssk.) Deflers
Majana amboinica Kuntze
Majana carnosa Kuntze
Majana sugunda Kuntze
Ocimum vaalae Forssk.
Plectranthus amboinicus
Coleus ambonicus LOUR.
Coleus aromaticus BENTH.
Coleus amboinicus Lour.
Coleus amboinicus var. violaceus Gürke
Coleus aromaticus Benth.
Coleus carnosus Hassk.
Coleus crassifolius Benth.
Coleus subfrutectosus Summerh.
Coleus suborbicularis Zoll. & Moritzi
Coleus suganda Blanco
Coleus vaalae (Forssk.) Deflers
Majana amboinica Kuntze
Majana carnosa Kuntze
Majana sugunda Kuntze
Ocimum vaalae Forssk.
Plectranthus amboinicus
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common Names | Indian borage, country borage, French thyme, Indian mint, Mexican mint, Cuban oregano, soup mint, Spanish thyme. |
| Hindi | amroda, patharcheer, patharchur, patharcur, patherchur, pathorchur, patta ajavauin |
| Kannada | dodda pathre, dodda pathre soppu, karpoora valli, karpurahalli |
| Malayalam | iribeli, kannikkurka, kannikkurkka, panikkurkaa, panikkurkka |
| Marathi | karmelo, pan-ova, pathurchur |
| Sanskrit | asmabhedah, asmantaka, himsagar, karpuravalli, modayanti, parnayavani, pasanabheda, pashanabheda, pashanabhedi, silabhedha, sugandhavalakam |
| Tamil | camparavalli, cirukanpilai, cirupilai, kanpilai, karpeti, karpooravalli, karppuravalli, karpuravalli, karpuravallicceti, karuppuravalli, kotakacalai, kurpurvalli, mankaiyakkanni, muttainari, muttainaricceti, omavalli, pasana peti, ukkiram, ukkirikacceti, ukkirikam |
| Telugu | karpoora valli, karuvaeru, sugandhavalkam, vamu aaku |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Folk
Herb usable parts
Aerial parts
Roots
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng. Shrub Aerial parts, root Skin allergy; epilepsy; wound; skin diseases General Harsha et al. 2003, Lingaraju et al. 2013
Coleus aromaticus Pashanbheda Kidney stones, conjunctivitis, spastic colon Endangered Medicinal Plants A. B. Chaudhuri
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Harsha et al. 2003
Lingaraju et al. 2013
Endangered Medicinal Plants A. B. Chaudhuri
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
WFO (2024): Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000275221. Accessed on: 14 Jun 2024