Plectranthus madagascariensis

Botanical Description

Plectranthus madagascariensis is a succulent, herbaceous perennial plant growing up to 45cm tall. The procumbent to decumbent stems can be 30 - 100cm long, producing new roots at the leaf nodes where touching the ground[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. , 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is grown for use as a medicine[ 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. ], and is also sometimes grown as an ornamental, where it can be used as a ground cover[ 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 ]..