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Varigated Mintleaf - Plectranthus madagascariensis

Plectranthus, with some 350 species, is a genus of warm-climate plants occurring largely in the southern hemisphere, in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, India and the Indonesian archipelago down to Australia and some Pacific Islands. They are closely related to Solenostemon and are known as the spurflowers. Several species are grown as ornamental plants, as leaf vegetables, as root vegetables for their edible tubers, or as medicine. Growth Form: Herb with a creeping growth form up to 0.2 m tall. Foliage: Ovate leaves (2.5 cm wide) are mostly green with a white, scalloped margin of varying width. They occur in opposite leaf arrangement with adjacent pairs perpendicular to one another. Crushed leaves produce an oregano-like fragrance. Flowers: White, tubular flowers are 2-lipped and arranged in whorls along a spike-like inflorescence. Fruits: Dry, indehiscent fruits are known as nutlets.

Approvals

Animal	Part(s)	Comment
Birds	All
Canid	All
Equid	All
Felid	All
Herp-Invert	All
Hoofstock	All
Insectivore	All
Marsupials	All
Pachyderm	All
Phocid	All
Porcine	All
Primate	All
Rodentia	All
Small Mammal	All
Ursid	All

Locations

Location	Comments
Not On Grounds

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Plant

Raw Data

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               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Marsupials', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Primate', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Insectivore', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Phocid', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Pachyderm', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Rodentia', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Hoofstock', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Small Mammal', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Equid', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Ursid', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Herp-Invert', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Felid', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Canid', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'},
               {'ApprovalAnimal': 'Birds', 'ApprovalPart': 'All'}],
 'BotanicalName': 'Plectranthus madagascariensis',
 'Comments': 'Plectranthus, with some 350 species, is a genus of warm-climate '
             'plants occurring largely in the southern hemisphere, in '
             'sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, India and the Indonesian '
             'archipelago down to Australia and some Pacific Islands. They are '
             'closely related to Solenostemon and are known as the '
             'spurflowers. Several species are grown as ornamental plants, as '
             'leaf vegetables, as root vegetables for their edible tubers, or '
             'as medicine.\r\n'
             'Growth Form: Herb with a creeping growth form up to 0.2 m '
             'tall.\r\n'
             'Foliage: Ovate leaves (2.5 cm wide) are mostly green with a '
             'white, scalloped margin of varying width. They occur in opposite '
             'leaf arrangement with adjacent pairs perpendicular to one '
             'another. Crushed leaves produce an oregano-like fragrance.\r\n'
             'Flowers: White, tubular flowers are 2-lipped and arranged in '
             'whorls along a spike-like inflorescence.\r\n'
             'Fruits: Dry, indehiscent fruits are known as nutlets.',
 'CommonName': 'Varigated Mintleaf',
 'Images': [{'ImageType': 'Plant', 'ImageURL': 'Images/mjtz0k2m.jmg.jpg\r'}],
 'Locations': [{'LocationComments': '', 'LocationName': 'Not On Grounds'}],
 'PlantID': '20'}