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'''Plectranthus amboinicus''', once identified as Coleus amboinicus, is a tender fleshy perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae with an oregano-like flavor and odor, and native to Southern and Eastern Africa, from South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) and Swaziland to Angola and Mozambique and north to Kenya and Tanzania.

== Description Uses== Plectranthus amboinicus is a large succulent herb, fleshy and highly aromatic, much branched, possessing short soft erect hairs, with distinctive smelling leaves. The stem is fleshy, about 30–90 cm, either with long rigid hairs (hispidly villous) or tomentose (densely covered with soft{{Uses|Respiratory Issues}}, short and erect hairs{{Uses|Cancer}}, pubescent). Leaves are undivided (simple){{Uses|Stress}}, broad{{Uses|Anxiety}}, egg/oval-shaped with a tapering tip (ovate) and very thick{{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, they are pubescent (thickly studded with hairs){{Uses|Kidney problems}}, with the lower surface possessing the most numerous glandular hairs{{Uses|Fever}}, giving a frosted appearance. The taste of this leaf is pleasantly aromatic with agreeable and refreshing odour. Flowers are on a short stem (shortly pedicelled){{Uses|Irritable Bowel Syndrome}}, pale purplish in dense whorls at distant intervals in a long slender raceme.{{Uses|Sore throats}}

== Uses Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, {{Parts Used|Whole herb}}.

The leaves are strongly flavoured and make an excellent addition ==Chemical Composition==Hymoquinone (5) was further identified as a nonpolar ingredient from the hexane extract of P. amboinicus to stuffings for meat and poultrysuppress the expression of lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α). Finely choppedWe then synthesized 2-alkylidenyl-4-cyclopentene-1, they can also be used to flavour meat dishes, especially beef, lamb and game. Such use 3-diones as a flavouring and its geographic spread is indicated by some the designed biomimetics of the common namesthymoquinone, and documented for Cambodia and South Africa. It is also used as a vegetablefound that compounds 8a, for example in South East Asia. The herb is used as a substitute for oregano in the food trade 8b and food labelled 8d were more potent TNF-α inhibitors<ref name="oregano-flavourchemical composition" may well contain this herb./>

The leaves have also had many traditional medicinal uses==Common names=={{Common names|kn=dodda pathre soppu, especially for the treatment of coughskarpoora valli|ml=Panikkurkka|sa=Karpuravalli|ta=Karpuravalli|te=Sugandhavalkam|hi=Patta ajwain|en=Cuban Oregano, sore throats and nasal congestion, but also for a range of other problems such as infections, rheumatism and flatulence. The plant is cultivated in home-gardens throughout India for use in traditional medicine, being used to treat malarial fever, hepatopathy, renal and vesical calculi, cough, chronic asthma, hiccup, bronchitis, helminthiasis, colic, convulsions, and epilepsy, Shenoy and others refer to further Indian traditional medicinal uses such as for skin ulcerations, scorpion bite, skin allergy, wounds, diarrhoea, with emphasis on the leaves being used as a hepatoprotective, to promote liver health. In Indonesia Plectranthus amboinicus is a traditional food used in soup to stimulate lactation for the month or so following childbirth. In Cambodia uses are recorded: juice from the leaves is sweetened and then given to children as protection from colds; and leaves are applied to the lips. In Bahia, Brasil, people use the plant to treat skin lesions caused by Leishmania braziliensis. Just to the north, in Paraiba of the same country, the plant was extremely commonly known for use in home medication. As noted above, medicinal use also occurs in Southern India, it also documented in other parts of South East Asia and South Africa.borage}}

==Useful part of plantProperties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya===

==Common nameHabit=={{Habit|Perennial plant}}

===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|White, Pink, Lavender|Single|Flower Interest is Showy}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|General|7–10 mm|Fragrant Fruit is present|Fruit Color is Sandy Brown|}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Plectranthus amboinicus is a plant that ranges from warm temperate areas with dry, mild winters to tropical areas with dry to wet climates<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery> ==References== <references> <ref name="chemical composition">[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24491635 "chemical constituents"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[http://www.learn2grow.com/plants/plectranthus-amboinicus-variegatus/ "Ornamental Features"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Plectranthus%20amboinicus "Cultivation Details"]</ref></references> == External Links == * [http://homeguides.sfgate.com/grow-plectranthus-amboinicus-84959.html Plectranthus amboinicus on home guides.sfgate.com]* [http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Cuban%20Oregano.html Plectranthus amboinicus on flowers of india]*[https://enipfs.wikipedia.orgio/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Plectranthus_amboinicus .html Plectranthus amboinicus-Wikipediaon IPFS.org]