Plectranthus grallatus

Botanical Description

Plectranthus grallatus is a herbaceous, perennial plant with 1 - 3 erect to ascending, branched stems arising annually from a tuberous rootstock; it can grow from 40 - 150cm tall[ 663 Title Flora of Southern Africa Publication Author Roux J.P. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=662545 Publisher Year 2003 ISBN Description An excellent on-line resource. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. The tubers are traded in eastern S. Africa (presumably for medicinal use)[ 1347 Title Plectranthus: A plant for the future? Publication South African Journal of Botany 77 (2011) 947-959 Author Rice L.J.; Brits G.J.; Potgieter C.J.; Van Staden J. Publisher Year 2011 ISBN Description A review of the Plectranthus species with potential as economic plants ]. The plant is sometimes grown as an ornamental in S. Africa[ 1347 Title Plectranthus: A plant for the future? Publication South African Journal of Botany 77 (2011) 947-959 Author Rice L.J.; Brits G.J.; Potgieter C.J.; Van Staden J. Publisher Year 2011 ISBN Description A review of the Plectranthus species with potential as economic plants ].