Lamiaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Plectranthus longipes

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant is said to be poisonous to livestock[ 1346 Title Plectranthus: A review of ethnobotanical uses Publication Journal of Ethnopharmacology 103 (2006) 1-24 Author Lukhoba C.W.; Simmonds M.S.J.; Paton A.J. Publisher Year 2006 ISBN Description An excellent guide to the uses of Plectranthus species, giving the basic uses and the literature supporting this. ].

Botanical Description

Plectranthus longipes is an ascending to climbing perennial plant with sparsely to much-branched stems that can become more or less woody and persist; it can grow 30 - 200cm tall1355]. Sometimes the growth is prostrate, the plant forming new roots near the base[ 1355 Title Plants of the World online Publication Author Website http://powo.science.kew.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line database giving detailed descriptions of almost 40,000 species of plants (as of 2018), almost 25,000 images and a list of almost 850,000 plant names. A truly excellent resource and still growing. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine A widespread plant, it is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 1355 Title Plants of the World online Publication Author Website http://powo.science.kew.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line database giving detailed descriptions of almost 40,000 species of plants (as of 2018), almost 25,000 images and a list of almost 850,000 plant names. A truly excellent resource and still growing. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania

HabitatFrequently growing up through bushes in Acacia or other seasonally dry bushland or woodland, often in rocky places or sandy soil, also on edges of bare rock outcrops; at elevations from 70 - 1,900 metres[ 1355 Title Plants of the World online Publication Author Website http://powo.science.kew.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line database giving detailed descriptions of almost 40,000 species of plants (as of 2018), almost 25,000 images and a list of almost 850,000 plant names. A truly excellent resource and still growing. ].