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|french =  Coléus à racine comestible
 
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* leaves: occasional vegetable
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* medicinal
 
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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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* perennial plant, with thick and fleshy rhizomes
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* aerial erect and hairy stems erect 0.5-1.5 m
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* spikes or cymes devoid of bracts, bearing flowers with elongated yellow corolla, emerging on the marcescent stems, more or less recumbent (Chevalier)
 
== Popular names ==
 
== Popular names ==
 
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| English
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| kaffir potato, Livingstone potato, African potato, coleus potato, finger potato
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| French
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| Coléus à racine comestible, Coléus d’Afrique du Sud, Dazo, Pomme de terre Kaffir
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| Kinyarwanda
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| Uruhombo
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| Afrikaans
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| Wilde aartappel, Veldaartappel
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| Xhosa
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| itapile
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| Shona
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| tsenza
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| Venda
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| mutada
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| Zulu
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| ujango, ujilo, umbondwe, umhlaza
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| Ndebele
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| umbondiwe
 
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|}
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== Classification ==
 
== Classification ==
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''Coleus esculentus'' (N. E. Br.) G. Taylor (1931)
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basionym :
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*''Plectranthus esculentus'' N. E. Br. (1894)
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synonyms :
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*''Plectranthus floribundus'' N. E. Br. (1894)
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*''Coleus dazo'' A.Chev. (1905)
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*''Coleus floribundus'' (N.E.Br.) Robyns & Lebrun (1928), nom. illeg., non ''C. floribundus'' Baker
  
 
== Cultivars ==
 
== Cultivars ==
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
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Chevalier already noted in 1953 the regression of the culture of this species.
  
 
== Uses ==
 
== Uses ==
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|text= Grown as a traditional food plant in tropical Africa. Recently in danger of extinction. The farinaceous tubers are eaten cooked, sometimes raw, or pickled. Different centres of cultivation (Burkina Faso, Kano and Zaria in Nigeria, Ubangi and Lower Congo, Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe) have developed their own cultivars.
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|author =Mansfeld.
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== References ==
 
== References ==
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* Chevalier, Auguste & Perrot, Emile, 1905. Les ''Coleus'' à tubercules alimentaires. in ''Végétaux Utiles de l'Afrique tropicale française'', Vol. I, fasc. 1, p. 100-152.
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* Chevalier, Auguste, 1930. Notes et actualités. Une plante vivrière africaine : le ''Coleus floribundus'' et ses variétés. ''Revue de botanique appliquée et d'agriculture coloniale'', '''10''' (104) : 254-255. [www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0370-3681_1930_num_10_104_4852 Persée].
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* Chevalier Auguste, 1938. Les Labiées cultivées ou utilisées dans les Pays tropicaux. ''Revue de botanique appliquée et d'agriculture coloniale'', '''18''' (203) : 470-488. [https://doi.org/10.3406/jatba.1938.5884 doi : 10.3406/jatba.1938.5884]
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* Chevalier, Auguste, 1953. Labiées du Genre ''Coleus'' Loureiro cultivées dans les Pays tropicaux de l'Ancien Monde. ''Revue internationale de botanique appliquée et d'agriculture tropicale'', '''33''' (369-370) : 334-341. [https://doi.org/10.3406/jatba.1953.6788 doi : 10.3406/jatba.1953.6788]
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*''Lost Crops of Africa. Volume II: Vegetables'', 2006. Washington, National Academies Press. 354 p. [https://www.nap.edu/read/11763/chapter/1 en ligne]
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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*[http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/details.php?langue=fr&id=116854 BD des Plantes d'Afrique]
 
*[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search.aspx?SearchTerm=Plectranthus%20esculentus&SearchCat= BHL]  
 
*[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/search.aspx?SearchTerm=Plectranthus%20esculentus&SearchCat= BHL]  
 
*[http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropFindForm FAO Ecocrop]
 
*[http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropFindForm FAO Ecocrop]
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*[http://www.feedipedia.org/ Feedipedia]
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*[https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=400149 GRIN]
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*[http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/comindx.html Grieve's herbal]
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*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl?Plectranthus%20esculentus GRIN]
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*[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/simplePlantNameSearch.do?find_wholeName=Plectranthus%20esculentus&amp;output_format=normal&amp;query_type=by_query&amp;back_page=query_ipni.html IPNI]
 
*[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/simplePlantNameSearch.do?find_wholeName=Plectranthus%20esculentus&amp;output_format=normal&amp;query_type=by_query&amp;back_page=query_ipni.html IPNI]
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*[http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:45:1329164412874601::NO::P7_BOTNAME,P7_DB_CHECKBOX1,P7_DB_CHECKBOX2,P7_DB_CHECKBOX4:Plectranthus%20esculentus,,, Mansfeld]
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*[https://www.nap.edu/read/11763/chapter/17 Lost Crops of Africa]
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*[http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Plectranthus%20esculentus Moerman, Native American Ethnobotany]
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*[http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/apex/f?p=185:46:6404180342897::NO::module,mf_use,source,akzanz,rehm,akzname,taxid:mf,,botnam,0,,Plectranthus%20esculentus,15787 Mansfeld]
 
*[http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Plectranthus.html Multilingual Plant Name Database]
 
*[http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Plectranthus.html Multilingual Plant Name Database]
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*[http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/nexus/Plectranthus_esculentus_nex.html NewCrop Purdue]
 
 
*[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Plectranthus+esculentus Plant List]
 
*[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Plectranthus+esculentus Plant List]
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*[http://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Plectranthus%20esculentus Plants for a future]
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*[https://www.tela-botanica.org/apd-nn-116854 Tela Botanica]
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*[http://proseanet.org/prosea/e-prosea.php PROSEA]
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*[[Plectranthus esculentus (PROTA)|PROTA on Pl@ntUse]]
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*[http://www.prota4u.org/protav8.asp?en=1&p=Plectranthus+esculentus Prota4U]
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*[http://www.tela-botanica.org/page:eflore_bdtfx?referentiel=bdtfx&niveau=2&module=fiche&action=fiche&type_nom=nom_scientifique&nom=Plectranthus%20esculentus Tela Botanica]
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*[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Plectranthus%20esculentus Useful Tropical Plants Database]
 
*[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Plectranthus%20esculentus Useful Tropical Plants Database]
 
*[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plectranthus%20esculentus Wikipédia]
 
*[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plectranthus%20esculentus Wikipédia]
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*[http://www.wikiphyto.org/wiki/Plectranthus%20esculentus Wikiphyto]
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*[http://pza.sanbi.org/coleus-esculentus PlantZAfrica]

Revision as of 16:56, 16 May 2021

Coleus esculentus
(N. E. Br.) G. Taylor

alt=Description of Coleus esculentus tubercules Scamperdale.jpg picture.
Order Lamiales
Family Lamiaceae
Genus Coleus

2n = 24

Origin : Tropical Afrika

wild or cultivated

English Kaffir potato
French Coléus à racine comestible



Uses summary
  • starchy tuber
  • leaves: occasional vegetable
  • medicinal



Description

  • Whole plant

  • flowers

  • perennial plant, with thick and fleshy rhizomes
  • aerial erect and hairy stems erect 0.5-1.5 m
  • spikes or cymes devoid of bracts, bearing flowers with elongated yellow corolla, emerging on the marcescent stems, more or less recumbent (Chevalier)

Popular names

English kaffir potato, Livingstone potato, African potato, coleus potato, finger potato
French Coléus à racine comestible, Coléus d’Afrique du Sud, Dazo, Pomme de terre Kaffir
Kinyarwanda Uruhombo
Afrikaans Wilde aartappel, Veldaartappel
Xhosa itapile
Shona tsenza
Venda mutada
Zulu ujango, ujilo, umbondwe, umhlaza
Ndebele umbondiwe


Classification

Coleus esculentus (N. E. Br.) G. Taylor (1931)

basionym :

  • Plectranthus esculentus N. E. Br. (1894)

synonyms :

  • Plectranthus floribundus N. E. Br. (1894)
  • Coleus dazo A.Chev. (1905)
  • Coleus floribundus (N.E.Br.) Robyns & Lebrun (1928), nom. illeg., non C. floribundus Baker

Cultivars

History

Chevalier already noted in 1953 the regression of the culture of this species.

Uses

Grown as a traditional food plant in tropical Africa. Recently in danger of extinction. The farinaceous tubers are eaten cooked, sometimes raw, or pickled. Different centres of cultivation (Burkina Faso, Kano and Zaria in Nigeria, Ubangi and Lower Congo, Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe) have developed their own cultivars.

Mansfeld.


References

  • Chevalier, Auguste & Perrot, Emile, 1905. Les Coleus à tubercules alimentaires. in Végétaux Utiles de l'Afrique tropicale française, Vol. I, fasc. 1, p. 100-152.
  • Chevalier, Auguste, 1930. Notes et actualités. Une plante vivrière africaine : le Coleus floribundus et ses variétés. Revue de botanique appliquée et d'agriculture coloniale, 10 (104) : 254-255. [www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0370-3681_1930_num_10_104_4852 Persée].
  • Chevalier Auguste, 1938. Les Labiées cultivées ou utilisées dans les Pays tropicaux. Revue de botanique appliquée et d'agriculture coloniale, 18 (203) : 470-488. doi : 10.3406/jatba.1938.5884
  • Chevalier, Auguste, 1953. Labiées du Genre Coleus Loureiro cultivées dans les Pays tropicaux de l'Ancien Monde. Revue internationale de botanique appliquée et d'agriculture tropicale, 33 (369-370) : 334-341. doi : 10.3406/jatba.1953.6788
  • Lost Crops of Africa. Volume II: Vegetables, 2006. Washington, National Academies Press. 354 p. en ligne

Links

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