Coleus hadiensis (Forssk.) A.J.Paton, PhytoKeys 129: 54 (2019) (syn: Coleus forskaolii Briq.; Coleus personatus Lem. ; Coleus rupestris Hochst. ex Briq. ; Coleus schweinfurthii Vatke ; Coleus zeylanicus (Benth.) L.H.Cramer ; Germanea forskaolii Poir.; Germanea horrida Hiern ; Majana forskaolii Kuntze ; Ocimum hadiense Forssk.; Plectranthus cyaneus Gürke ; Plectranthus draconis Briq. ; Plectranthus erlangeri Gürke ; Plectranthus forskaolii Vahl ; Plectranthus fragrans Lebrun & L.Touss. ; Plectranthus hadiensis (Forssk.) Schweinf. ex Sprenger; Plectranthus hadiensis var. tomentosus (Benth.) Codd ; Plectranthus hadiensis var. woodii (Gürke) Codd ; Plectranthus hararensis Gürke ; Plectranthus horridus (Hiern) Baker ; Plectranthus madagascariensis var. ramosior Benth. ; Plectranthus pachyphyllus Gürke ex T.Cooke ; Plectranthus paucicrenatus Franch. ; Plectranthus petrensis S.Moore ; Plectranthus ramosior (Benth.) van Jaarsv. ; Plectranthus rupestris Vatke ex Baker; Plectranthus tomentosus Benth. ; Plectranthus woodii Gürke ; Plectranthus zatarhendi var. tomentosus (Benth.) Codd ; Plectranthus zatarhendi var. woodii (Gürke) Codd ; Plectranthus zeylanicus Benth.);
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Egypt to S. Africa, SW. Arabian Peninsula, Maldives, Sri Lanka: Angola, Cape Provinces, Chad, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Maldives, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe as per POWO;
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744 ID wild plant Coleus: 17 high res. images.
Please ID wild plant Coleus,
Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA
Altitude: 1500fsl
Flower date: 06SEP2025, 03.50pm
Habitat: wild moisture rocky sloppy windy misty highland
Plant habit: small erect unbranched herb, weak cylindrical hairy stem 07mm base diameter, rooted nodes, sprouts from stalk, highly aromatic, perennial
Height: 02.5 feet
Leaves: opposite heart shaped obtuse acute leathery serrated margins, hairy, size upto: 08×5cm
Flower: terminal spike inflorescence, clustered, whitish violet, non fragrant size:17x4mm
Fruit:
Seed:
It is very close to Coleus vettiveroides K.C.Jacob.
https://efloraofindia.com/efi/plectranthus/
You are correct, it is because I looked some google images and find leaf similarity.
So, what is the ID?
We have to try to match with species reported from Idukki and kerala.
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:445902-1.
Coleus hadiensis (Forssk.) A. J. Paton
No matching
Looks close : https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/8/7/8791.
Thank you very much for your response.
https://pza.sanbi.org/coleus-hadiensis
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1278874-Coleus-hadiensis
Ok …, Thank you very much for ID confirmation.
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References:
POWO
https://pza.sanbi.org/coleus-hadiensis
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1278874-Coleus-hadiensis
https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/8/7/8791
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plectranthus_hadiensis
https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Plectranthus+hadiensis
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149860
https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=9283&cat=13
https://www.floraofsrilanka.com/species/2080