Coleus maculosus subsp. edulis,
synonymPlectranthus 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]
References
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abcPaton, Alan J.; Mwanyambo, Montfort; Govaerts, Rafaël H.A.; Smitha, Kokkaraniyil; Suddee, Somran; Phillipson, Peter B.; Wilson, Trevor C.; Forster, Paul I. & Culham, Alastair (2019). "Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera". PhytoKeys (129): 1–158.
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988.
PMC6717120.
PMID31523157.
^Yeshitila Mekbib and Jens Weibull, "Local Customary Use and Management of Ethiopian Potato Plectranthus edulis (Vatke) Agnew in Sodo Zuria District, South Ethiopia", Ethnobotany Research and Applications, v. 10, p. 381-387, 2012. ISSN 1547-3465. Available at:
http://journals.sfu.ca/era/index.php/era/article/view/793. Date accessed: 27 Jun. 2015. doi:10.17348/era.10.0.381-387