- Family:
- Lamiaceae Martinov
- Genus:
- Coleus Lour.
Coleus scaber (Benth.) A.J.Paton

[KBu]
Suddee, S. & Paton, A. 2009. A revision of Anisochilus Wall. ex Benth. (Lamiaceae). Kew Bulletin 64: 235. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-009-9115-5
- Conservation
- Vajravelu (1990) reports the species as common in Palghat District, Kerala whereas Mohanan & Sivadasan (2002) report the species as rare in SW Ghats. However, few collections have been seen by us. Many more may well exist in regional herbaria.
- Distribution
- India (Deccan Peninsula).
- Ecology
- On exposed rocks; alt. 300 – 1000 m. Flowering & fruiting September – February.
- Morphology General Habit
- Erect or ascending annual or short-lived perennial herb, sometimes rooting at nodes, up to 0.5 m tall
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves petiolate, opposite decussate, ovate, orbicular, orbicular-obovate or obovate, 20 – 50 × 10 – 35 mm, apex acute or rounded, base rounded or obtuse, margin crenate, fleshy, scabrous-pubescent above, densely hoary tomentose with secondary veins and tertiary reticulate venation prominent, with red sessile glands beneath, lateral veins 4 – 6; petiole slender, up to 20 mm long, pubescent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx ovoid, 2 – 3 mm long at anthesis, densely villous; fruiting calyx 5 – 6 mm long; posterior lip 1-lobed, ovate, deflexed after anthesis and concealing throat, prominently reticulate, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, margin ciliate; anterior lip truncate or obscurely toothed; tube ventrally saccate around the middle, constricted at throat, purplish-brown villous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla white or purplish-white, 10 – 12 mm long, pubescent with spare red sessile glands
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets dark brown, ovoid or ellipsoid, 0.6 – 0.7 mm in diameter
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence terminal, mostly simple, occasionally branched; spike-like head ovoid to ovoid-cylindric in bud and fruit, 10 – 45 × 10 – 12 mm, purplish when dry; peduncles long and slender, (5) 150 – 250 mm long, puberulous; bracts ovate, minute, pubescent
- Morphology Stem
- Stems round-quadrangular, glabrescent to pubescent, with red sessile glands, old stem glabrous
- Note
- Close to Anisochilus wightii as both have similar leaf characters and have fruiting calyx with dark colour when dry but differs in having larger fruiting calyx posterior lip.
- Type
- India, Deccan Peninsula, Courtallum, Herb. Wight 2520 [holotype K! (Herb. Benthamianum); isotypes E, K!].
Native to:
India
Coleus scaber (Benth.) A.J.Paton appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2005 | Wight, R. [2520], India | Anisochilus scaber | K000674681 | isotype | Yes |
Jan 1, 1999 | Wight, R. [2520], India | Anisochilus scaber | K000674680 | holotype | Yes |
First published in PhytoKeys 129: 91 (2019)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Bulletin
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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