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Taxon:  Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng.



Summary
Genus:
Plectranthus
Family:
Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Ocimeae
Subtribe:
Plectranthinae
Nomen number:
317147
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 2:690. 1825
Verified:
06/04/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Coleus amboinicus Lour.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Plectranthus aromaticus Roxb.
Invalid Designation(s)
Coleus aromaticus auct.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
  3. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
  4. Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa.
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  6. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  8. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  9. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  10. Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):407.
  11. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  12. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  13. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  14. Suddee, S. et al. 2004. A taxonomic revision of tribe Ocimeae Dumort. (Lamiaceae) in continental South East Asia II. Plectranthinae. Kew Bull. 59:391-393.
  15. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  16. 2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Common names
English
country-borage –
Cuban-oregano –
French-thyme –
Indian-borage –
Indian-mint –
Mexican-mint –
soup-mint –
Spanish-thyme –
French
oreille –
German
Jamaika-Thymian –
Malay
dacon ajenton –
Spanish
orégano –
Spanish (Cuba)
orégano de Cartagena –
Spanish (Philippines)
toronjil de limón –
Swedish
kryddkarlbergare –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Nataln.
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    widely cult. & natzd. in tropics
5UncertainAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal (n.)]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (widely cult. & natzd. in tropics)
Uncertain
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Food additivesflavoring Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa.
Human foodvegetable Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):407.
Materialsessential oils Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Medicinesfolklore Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa.
Medicinesfolklore Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):407.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=317147. Accessed 24 April 2025.