Biology:Coleus maculosus subsp. edulis
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Short description: Subspecies of flowering plant
| Coleus maculosus subsp. edulis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Coleus |
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| Subspecies: | C. m. subsp. edulis
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| Trinomial name | |
| Coleus maculosus subsp. edulis (Vatke) A.J.Paton[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Coleus maculosus subsp. edulis, synonym Plectranthus edulis,[1] the Ethiopian potato,[2] known as wolayta dinich or oromo dinich in Amharic,[citation needed] is a species of perennial 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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Paton, Alan J.; Mwanyambo, Montfort; Govaerts, Rafaël H.A.; Smitha, Kokkaraniyil; Suddee, Somran; Phillipson, Peter B.; Wilson, Trevor C.; Forster, Paul I. et al. (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, PMID 31523157
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Zemede Asfaw, "Conservation and use of traditional vegetables in Ethiopia" , Proceedings of the IPGRI International Workshop on Genetic Resources of Traditional Vegetables in Africa (Nairobi, 29–31 August 1995)
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