Coleus Lour.

Description of the genus

Comment: The reinstated genus Coleus now includes many species formerly in Plectranthus.

Worldwide: 294 species in the Old World tropics and subtropics.

Tanzania: 0 taxa.

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Other sources of information about Coleus:

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Flora of Angola: Coleus
Flora of Angola: cultivated Coleus
Flora of Botswana: Coleus
Flora of Botswana: cultivated Coleus
Flora of Burundi: Coleus
Flora of Burundi: cultivated Coleus
Flora of Caprivi: Coleus
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Coleus
Flora of the DRC: Coleus
Flora of the DRC: cultivated Coleus
Flora of Kenya: Coleus
Flora of Kenya: cultivated Coleus
Flora of Malawi: Coleus
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Coleus
Flora of Mozambique: Coleus
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Coleus
Flora of Rwanda: Coleus
Flora of Rwanda: cultivated Coleus
Flora of Tanzania: cultivated Coleus
Flora of Uganda: Coleus
Flora of Uganda: cultivated Coleus
Flora of Zambia: Coleus
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Coleus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Coleus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Coleus

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Coleus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Coleus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Coleus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Coleus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Coleus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Coleus
JSTOR Plant Science: Coleus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Coleus
Plants of the World Online: Coleus
Tropicos: Coleus
Wikipedia: Coleus

Copyright: The Tanzania flora team, 2026

The Tanzania flora team (2026). Flora of Tanzania: Genus page: Coleus.
https://www.tanzaniaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2577, retrieved 28 September 2026

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