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Plectranthus esculentus

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Plectranthus esculentus

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Also known as Livingstone potato, kaffir potato

species of plant

In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, Plectranthus esculentus is referenced by 16 other articles, and connects out to Africa, plant and International Standard Book Number.

It sits within the topics Coleus, Crops originating from Africa and Leaf vegetables.

Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderLamiales
  5. FamilyLamiaceae
Native toAngola, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Eswatini, Gabon, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali
Observations recorded426

General: Plectranthus esculentus is perhaps closest to other yellow

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
87
With media
75
Family
Lamiaceae
Collections
NY, CM, US, MO, MNHN, K
Recorded in
Malawi, Congo (Kinshasa), Nigeria, Zambia, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Central African Republic

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Plectranthus
Image
Plectranthus rotundifolius DSCN0613.jpg
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taxon name
Plectranthus esculentus
taxon rank
species
taxon common name
kaffir potato
Commons category
Coleus esculentus
short name
P. esculentus
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