Coleus madagascariensis (Pers.) A.Chev., Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 33: 338. 1953

Ocimum madagascariense Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 135. 1806.

Plectranthus madagascariensis (Pers.) Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 37. 1832. Type: Mauritius or Reunion, n.d., Commerson 266 (holotype: P-JU 5706).

Plectranthus hirtus Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 38. 1832. Type: South Africa, Cape, n.d., Masson s.n. (holotype: BM).

Plectranthus villosus Sieber ex Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 38. 1832. Type: Mauritus, Sieber, Fl. Maurit. Exsic. 152 (holotype: K; isotype: P).

Plectranthus mauritianus Bojer, Hortus Maurit.: 254. 1837., nom. inval.

Plectranthus pubescens Willd. ex Benth., Linnaea 11: 344. 1837., nom. inval.

Ocimum auricula Forssk. ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 43, 68. 1848., nom. inval.

Distribution.

Mozambique to South Africa, Mascarenes.