Lamiaceae FAMILY

Plectranthus occidentalis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Plectranthus occidentalis is a climbing or erect, herbaceous perennial plant with stems that can become more or less woody and persist[ 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. It is grown as an ornamental[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Cameroon and Sudan, south to Gabon and DR Congo

HabitatGrowing in wet forest, or amongst scrub at higher elevations[ 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. ].