Coleus maculosus subsp. edulis

Coleus maculosus subsp. edulis, synonym Plectranthus edulis,[1] the Ethiopian potato,[2] known as welayta dinich in Amharic, is a species of annual plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is indigenous to Ethiopia, where it is grown for its edible tubers. The tubers are cooked before they are eaten.[3]

Coleus maculosus subsp. edulis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Coleus
Species:
C. maculosus
Subspecies:
C. m. subsp. edulis
Trinomial name
Coleus maculosus subsp. edulis
(Vatke) A.J.Paton[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Coleus aquaticus Gürke
  • Coleus clivicola S.Moore
  • Coleus edulis Vatke
  • Coleus fimbriatus Lebrun & L.Touss.
  • Coleus palustris Vatke
  • Coleus rivularis Vatke
  • Coleus tuberosus A.Rich., nom. illeg., non C. tuberosus (Blume) Benth.
  • Majana richardiana Kuntze, nom. illeg.
  • Plectranthus edulis (Vatke) Agnew
  • Plectranthus fimbriatus (Lebrun & L.Touss.) Troupin & Ayob.
  • Plectranthus punctatus subsp. edulis (Vatke) A.J.Paton

References
  1. Paton, Alan J.; Mwanyambo, Montfort; Govaerts, Rafaël H.A.; Smitha, Kokkaraniyil; Suddee, Somran; Phillipson, Peter B.; Wilson, Trevor C.; Forster, Paul I. & Culham, Alastair (2019). "Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera". PhytoKeys. 129: 1–158. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988. PMC 6717120. PMID 31523157.
  2. Yeshitila Mekbib and Jens Weibull, "Local Customary Use and Management of Ethiopian Potato Plectranthus edulis (Vatke) Agnew in Sodo Zuria District, South Ethiopia", Ethnobotany Research and Applications, v. 10, p. 381-387, 2012. ISSN 1547-3465. Available at: http://journals.sfu.ca/era/index.php/era/article/view/793. Date accessed: 27 Jun. 2015. doi:10.17348/era.10.0.381-387
  3. Zemede Asfaw, "Conservation and use of traditional vegetables in Ethiopia" Archived 2012-07-07 at the Wayback Machine, Proceedings of the IPGRI International Workshop on Genetic Resources of Traditional Vegetables in Africa (Nairobi, 29–31 August 1995)


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