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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Flowers of this plant are very charming, they are gorgeous purple in the sun and a stunning lavender when back-lit. This photo was taken in the Po Lin Monastery here in Hong Kong.
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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Kedavoor, Kerala, India
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A medicinal species of Africa and India, and planted in Brazil. Here in Malawi it is known as Forskohli, and is a source of Forskolin which messes with peoples hormones and inter-cell communications. Also called the Blue Spur Flower.
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Plectranthus ciliatus, plectranthus (Plant, Lamiaceae), New Zealand: Naturalisedwhite flowersAvondale Domain, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland City, Auckland Region, New Zealandclose up through 10x botanical hand lens
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Alaala wai nui wahine or Cockspur flowerOther Hawaiian names: Alaala wai nui, Alaala wai nui pua kLamiaceae (Mint family)Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (All the main islands except Kahoolawe, but may also have occurred there in the past)Photo: Oahu (Cultivated)Leaves (lau) were used in lei making by early Hawaiians.EtymologyThe generic name Plectranthus is from the Greek plectron, spur, and anthos, flower, in reference to corolla (flower) which sometimes have a spur on the upper side.The specific epithet parviflorus comes from the Latin parvus, small, and flora, flower, referring to the small flowers in comparison to others in the genus. Little spurflower is one of the common names for this species.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Plectranthus_parviflorus
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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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A source of the chemical Forskolin, and known as Forskohli. Reported from Africa and India, here in Tanzania. Those leaves give it the local name of Kikuyu Toilet Paper.
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Plectranthus ciliatus, plectranthus (Plant, Lamiaceae), New Zealand: NaturalisedplantsAvondale Domain, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland City, Auckland Region, New Zealand
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Alaala wai nui wahine or Cockspur flowerOther Hawaiian names: Alaala wai nui, Alaala wai nui pua kLamiaceae (Mint family)Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (All the main islands except Kahoolawe, but may also have occurred there in the past)Photo: Oahu (Cultivated)Leaves (lau) were used in lei making by early Hawaiians.EtymologyThe generic name Plectranthus is from the Greek plectron, spur, and anthos, flower, in reference to corolla (flower) which sometimes have a spur on the upper side.The specific epithet parviflorus comes from the Latin parvus, small, and flora, flower, referring to the small flowers in comparison to others in the genus. Little spurflower is one of the common names for this species.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Plectranthus_parviflorus
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Nakuru, Rift Valley, Kenya
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Plectranthus ciliatus, plectranthus (Plant, Lamiaceae), New Zealand: Naturalisedleaves and inflorescences (flowers)Avondale Domain, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland City, Auckland Region, New Zealand
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Alaala wai nui wahine or Cockspur flowerOther Hawaiian names: Alaala wai nui, Alaala wai nui pua kLamiaceae (Mint family)Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (All the main islands except Kahoolawe, but may also have occurred there in the past)Photo: Oahu (Cultivated)Leaves (lau) were used in lei making by early Hawaiians.EtymologyThe generic name Plectranthus is from the Greek plectron, spur, and anthos, flower, in reference to corolla (flower) which sometimes have a spur on the upper side.The specific epithet parviflorus comes from the Latin parvus, small, and flora, flower, referring to the small flowers in comparison to others in the genus. Little spurflower is one of the common names for this species.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Plectranthus_parviflorus
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