Coleus maculosus subsp. edulis
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Coleus maculosus subsp. edulis, synonym Plectranthus edulis,[1] the Ethiopian potato,[2] known as wolayta dinich or oromo dinich in Amharic,[citation needed] is a species of perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is indigenous to Ethiopia, where it is grown for its edible tubers. The tubers are cooked before they are eaten.[3]
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Coleus maculosus subsp. edulis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Coleus |
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Subspecies: | C. m. subsp. edulis |
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Coleus maculosus subsp. edulis | |
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