Coleus rotundifolius

(Poir.) A.Chev. & Perrot · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Coleus

At a glance

Occurrence records10

Data sources6

Biological traits11

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Coleus rotundifolius's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility10 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources11 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS1 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF10 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 56

01Narrative

Plectranthus rotundifolius, aussi appelée Pomme de terre du Soudan, est une espèce de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Labiées (Lamiaceae). C'est une plante herbacée originaire d'Afrique tropicale. Cette plante fait partie des végétaux communément appelés coléus. C'est une plante cultivée dans certaines régions d'Afrique occidentale et d'Asie du Sud-Est pour ses tubercules comestibles. Certaines variétés poussent à l'état sauvage dans les prairies d'Afrique orientale.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesGIFTTRY

Size & morphology1

Plant height0.5 m

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition1 compounds

Compounds documented for Coleus rotundifolius across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

🍽 Used in cooking

Compound class profile1 class

Oleanane triterpenoids1

Documented compounds1 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
Maslinic Acid		present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Coleus rotundifolius has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Coleus rotundifolius carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 56 n = 28

Ploidypolyploid inferred

Chromosome records56–682n range64median56mode5records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 562×CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · Cave1959

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Mukherjee, S.K. 1959

CCDB · Cave1959 — Mukherjee 1959

2n 642×CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · Cave1958

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Raghavan, R.S. 1958b ; Morton, J.K. 1962

CCDB · Cave1958 — Raghavan 1958b

2n 681×CCDB · book-indian_vol1

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Ramachandran, K. 1967

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type10 records

Museum / vouchered10

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO12 km²

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 10 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence10

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Yaoundé, CM	8
Kew, GB	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1

3 institutions · 10 of 10 vouchered records shown

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