Plectranthus amboinicus

Plectranthus amboinicus

''Plectranthus amboinicus'', once identified as ''Coleus amboinicus'', is a tender fleshy perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae with an oregano-like flavor and odor, native to Southern and Eastern Africa, from South Africa and Swaziland to Angola and Mozambique and north to Kenya and Tanzania. It is widely cultivated and naturalised elsewhere in the Old and New World tropics.