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Coleus dazo

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Identification
Coleus dazo A.Chev. [family LABIATAE ] Verified by Robyns, W; Lebrun, J., Plectranthus esculentus N.E.Br. [family LABIATAE ] (stored under name); Coleus floribundus (N.E.Br.) Robyns & Lebrun [family LABIATAE ] Verified by Robyns, W; Lebrun, J.,
Related name
  • Coleus dazo
  • Coleus floribundus
  • Plectranthus esculentus
Common name
  • dazo (Bouquiaux), from an Ubangi vernacular name., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • Volta) paiça gué goié (JMD) pidili correctly (UPPER VOLTA, FULA-FULFULDE (Upper), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • ε-бwdy ε-бanàx (FG&G) ε-бwdy (GUINEA, BASARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • Kaffir potato; ringer potato (Zambia, Trapnell)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • ε-бen i-diík = cocoyam of the Bedik (FG&G) mεn mw-diik = cocoyam of the Bedik (FG&G) (SENEGAL, BEDIK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

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Entry for Plectranthus esculentus NE Br. [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 3
Names
Plectranthus esculentus NE Br. [family LABIATAE]
Coleus dazo A Chev. & Perrot [family LABIATAE]
Common names
English Kaffir potato; ringer potato (Zambia, Trapnell). French dazo (Bouquiaux), from an Ubangi vernacular name. SENEGAL: BEDIK ε-бen i-diík = cocoyam of the Bedik (FG&G) mεn mw-diik = cocoyam of the Bedik (FG&G) GUINEA: BASARI ε-бwdy ε-бanàx (FG&G) ε-бwdy UPPER VOLTA: FULA-FULFULDE (Upper Volta) paiça gué goié (JMD) pidili correctly
Uses
(tuber) Food: general (leaf) Medicines: vermifuges (leaf) Phytochemistry: aromatic substances Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended
Products
french: Dazoenglish: Potato, Kaffirenglish: Potato, Fingerenglish: Finger potatoenglish: Kaffir potato
Description
A perennial plant with stems to 90 cm tall from tuberous roots; of forest and swamp margins and rocky situations from Senegal to N Nigeria, and extending widely across central Africa to Angola and Natal.The plant is the source of the Kaffir potato, for wh
References
References:1. Brummitt & Synge WC.46, K. 2. Busson, 1965: 400–1, with tuber analysis. 3. Dalziel, 1937: 459, as Coleus dazo A Chev. 4. Ferry & al., 1974: sp. no. 143, as C. dazo. 5. Irvine, 1948: 262, as C. dazo. 6. idem, 1952, b: as C. dazo. 7. Salubeni
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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