Plectranthus rotundifolius

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Plectranthus rotundifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Plectranthus
Species: P. rotundifolius
Binomial name
Plectranthus rotundifolius

Plectranthus rotundifolius is an herbaceous plant native to West Africa, now grown especially in South Asia and Southeast Asia as a leaf vegetable and a tuber vegetable.

Botanical synonyms include Solenostemon rotundifolius. Vernacular names include kembili, sambrali (in Kannada), Koorka (Kerala & Sri Lanka), ratala, Hausa potato, frafra potato, Sudan potato, coleus potato, Zulu potato, and Zulu round potato.