Mazhar Botanic Garden

Coleus scutellarioides (L.) Benth.

Flame nettle

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001340
Common name: Flame nettle
English name: Painted nettle
Arabic name: كوليوس
Native: Southeast Asia, Australia
Country: Australasia Southeast Asia

Annual or short-lived perennial grows 50-60 cm long leaves grow in pairs opposite, ovate with broad base and a pointed apex, 15- 125 cm and 8 cm wide, margins toothed, crenate, serrate to lobed or undulated flowers small in terminal spikes or racemes

ornamental ground covers- traditional folk medicine- landscaping - house plants.

Plectranthus  blumei (Benth) Launert, - Coleus blumei Benth

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Texture: Clay Heavy clay Loam
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: None
Water Sources: Well water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Light shade Partial shade
Propagation: Stem cuttings- seeds
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 6.0-7.0

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