== Description ==
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File:Coleus esculentus plante Scamperdale.jpg|Whole whole plant
File:Plectranthus esculentus00.jpg|flowers
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* 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 ==
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