EPPO Global Database

Coleus scutellarioides(CXUBH)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CXUBH
  • Preferred name: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Bentham

Notes

Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), Malesia, New Guinea, Australia. Cultivated as an ornamental, with numerous cultivars. Introduced in western Africa (Guinée), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean (Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico), South America (Colombia, Venezuela)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Coleus blumei Bentham
Coleus hybridus Cobeau
Coleus x hybridus Cobeau
Plectranthus blumei (Bentham) Launert
Plectranthus scutellarioides (Linnaeus) Brown
Solenostemon scutellarioides (Linnaeus) Codd

Common names
Name Language
coleus (Blumei hybrids) English
painted nettle English
Buntnessel German
Coleus-Blumei-Hybriden German
coléus scutellaire French
plectranthe fausse-scutellaire French
cóleo Portuguese
kinranjiso Japanese
koriusu Japanese
nishikijiso Japanese
キンランジソ Japanese
コリウス Japanese
ニシキジソ Japanese
wǔ cǎi sū Chinese
五彩苏 Chinese
poala maicii precista Romanian