✿Lamiaceae · Coleus
Indian Borage
Coleus amboinicus
outdoor
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Coleus amboinicus
- Genus
- Coleus
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“Leaves are 5–7 cm (2.0–2.8 in) by 4–6 cm (1.6–2.4 in), fleshy, undivided (simple), broad, egg/oval-shaped with a tapering tip (ovate).” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“Leaves are 5–7 cm (2.0–2.8 in) by 4–6 cm (1.6–2.4 in), fleshy, undivided (simple), broad, egg/oval-shaped with a tapering tip (ovate).” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Indian Borage itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“Flowers are on a short stem (shortly pedicelled), pale purplish, in dense 10-20 (or more) flowered dense whorls (cymes), at distant intervals, in a long slender spike-like raceme.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Indian Borage itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- கற்பூரவள்ளி
- Sinhala
- කප්පරවල්ලිය
About Indian Borage
Indian Borage (Coleus amboinicus) is a species in the Lamiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and 11 other states.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten and planted as an ornamental.
Botanical family
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Indian Borage belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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