Coleus bojeri Benth.

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Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes of Mt Gorongosa

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Synonyms:	Coleus latifolius Hochst. ex Benth. Plectranthus bojeri (Benth.) Hedge Solenostemon latifolius (Hochst. ex Benth.) J.K. Morton
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect or ascending annual or short-lived perennial herb, up to 1 m tall, sometimes taller. Stems 4-angled, sometimes rooting at the lower nodes, variously hairy and often with red sessile glands. Leaves opposite, ovate-rhombic, up to 12 cm long, sometimes purple-tinged, pubescent and with scattered red sessile glands, margin more or less deeply crenate-serrate; petiole up to 6.5 mm long. Inflorescence usually lax with many, more or less widely separated, 10-30-flowered verticils. Corolla blue to deep purple, often with reddish sessile glands,2-lipped; upper lip erect, shorter than lower lip; lower lip boar-shaped, often hiding the stamens. Nutlets ovoid, c. 1 mm long, brown, speckled reddish.
Type location:	Madagascar
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Derivation of specific name:	bojeri: after Wenceslas Bojer (1795/1797-1856), Czech naturalist, horticulturist and botanist at the Imperial Museum at Vienna who collected extensively in Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoro Islands and on the East coast of Africa.
Habitat:	Occurring in grassland, woodland, open rocky areas, clearings in forest and disturbed places.
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Flowering time:	Mar - Aug
Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar
FZ divisions:	MS
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Images last updated:	Tuesday 8 February 2011
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 52. As Solenostemon latifolius Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 33. As Solenostemon latifolius Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 57. As Solenostemon latifolius Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 145. Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 266 - 268. as Plectranthus bojeri Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 114. as Solenostemon latifolius Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 93. as Plectranthus bojeri

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