Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Shrub
Flowering Plants
Origin
Eastern Asia, Malaysia
Tropical Asia
Types
Plectranthus scutellarioides
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Number of Varieties
1500
0
40000
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Habitat
gardens, Subtropical climates, tropical environments
Rocky Mountains, wastelands
USDA Hardiness Zone
11-128-11
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
-
Sunset Zone
-
-
Habit
Bushy, Evergreen
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Plant Size
Minimum Height
30.00 cm60.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
30.00 cm40.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
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White
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Red, Green, Purple
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Red, Green, Purple
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Red, Green, Purple
Several shades of Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Red, Green, Purple
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Ovate
Maple shaped
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Summer
Early Spring, Spring
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Fast
Type of Soil
Damp
Moist, Rich
The pH of Soil
Neutral, Slightly Acidic
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Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Summer
Spring, Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Wet Site
Drought
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
Bedding, Container, Ground
How to Plant?
Cuttings, Seedlings
Cuttings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Low
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Requires a lot of watering
Water Deeply
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Ample Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral, Slightly Acidic
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Soil Type
Damp
Moist, Rich
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun
Pruning
cut main flower spike, Cut or pinch the stems
Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
Full-strength liquid fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Downy mildew, Red blotch, Stem rot
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Wet Site
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
-
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Fine
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
-
-
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Cottage Garden, Showy Purposes, Used for making hedges
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Beauty Benefits
Weightloss
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification, Provides ground cover, Soil protection, soil stabilisation
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Asthma, Glaucoma, High blood pressure, Liver Protection, Weight loss
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Part of Plant Used
Leaves
Flowers
Other Uses
Used as Ornamental plant, Used for its medicinal properties, useful as a ground cover
Used As Food
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Container, Groundcover, Houseplant, Mixed Border, Tropical
Vegetable
Botanical Name
Plectranthus scutellarioides
Abelmoschus manihot
Common Name
Coleus, Painted nettle
Aibika, hibiscus spinach, ibika, bele
In Hindi
Coleus
aibika
In German
Buntnessel
Maniok-Bisameibisch
In French
Vieux garçon
L'Aibika
In Spanish
coleo
Aibika
In Greek
Coleus
aibika
In Portuguese
cóleus
Aibika
In Polish
Coleus
aibika
In Latin
Coleus
aibika
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Malvales
Family
Lamiaceae
Malvaceae
Genus
Coleus
Abelmoschus
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
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Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
15015
1
27800
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