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Monkey's Potato

Coleus monostachyus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Singapore.January 7, February 10, March 9, April 4, May 6, June 11, July 5, August 15, September 15, October 9, November 3, December 4.
Singapore98
Malaysia75
Indonesia37
Selangor18
NORTH REGION18
West Java18
WEST REGION16
Kuala Lumpur11
Special Region of Yogyakarta11
Sarawak9

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
FamilyMint Family · Lamiaceae
GenusHullworts · Coleus

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Monkey's Potato with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.