Plectranthus purpuratus

Description

Plectranthus, with some 350 species, is a�genus�of warm-climate plants�occurring�largely in the southern hemisphere, in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, India and the Indonesian archipelago down to Australia and some Pacific Islands. They are closely related to�Solenostemon�and are known as the�spurflowers. Several species are grown as�ornamental plants, as�leaf vegetables, as�root vegetablesfor their edible�tubers, or as�medicine