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Photo from Hirts Gardens.

Author:  John Kenneth Morton, 1962
Family:  LAMIACEAE
Origin:  India, Java, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera; Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam
Soil:  Rich - Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Medium
Thickness:  3 Centimetres
Height:  60 Centimetres
Flower:  Pale Blue
Propagate:  Seeds/Bulbs/Cuttings
Names:  Hausa Potato, Chinese Potato, Country Potato, Fra-Fra-Salanga, Pesa, Fabirama
Synonyms:  Germanea rotundifolia, Poiret, 1812.
Plectranthus
rotundifolia. Spengel, 1825.
Coleus parviflorus
, George Bentham.
Plectranthus ternatus,
Sims, 1824.
Coleus dysentericus,
Baker, 1894.
Coleus rotundifolia. A. Chevalier & Perrot, 1905.
Coleus pallidiflorus, A.Chev.
Coleus rehmannii,
Briq.
Coleus rugosus,
Benth.
Coleus salagensis,
Gürke.
Coleus ternatus,
A.Chev.
Coleus tuberosus,
Benth.
Majana tuberosa,
Kuntze.
Nepeta madagascariensis,
Lam.
Plectranthus coppinii,
Heckel.
Plectranthus tuberosus,
Blume.
Solenostemon rotundifolius,
J.K.Morton.

This member of the Lamiaceae family was given this name by John Kenneth Morton in 1962. It is found in
India, Java, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera; Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. It grows in rich but well drained soil. The plant will raise up to 60 cm, the round potato-like bulbs grow up to three centimetres in diameter. I am not sure they will appreciate to be exposed. The flowers are pale blue.

The genera name means 'pipe stamens'. The species name for the round leaves.