Plectranthus fruticosus l'hér. Briq.

Soft shrub 0.6-2 m tall, freely branched; roots fibrous; branches ascending or rarely decumbent, usually purplish, sparingly pubescent to glandular-pubescent, with hairs longer and spreading at the nodes. Leaves petiolate; blade broadly ovate to ovate-elliptic or rarely lanceolate-elliptic, 40-140 x 35-110 mm, sparingly pubescent or glandular-hispidulous, under-surface with honey-coloured gland-dots and usually suffused with purple, apex obtuse to acute, base obtuse or truncate and often abruptly attenuate, margin regularly crenate-dentate; petiole 20-50 mm long. Inflorescence paniculate, 80-250 mm long; flowers in sessile (1-)3-flowered cymes forming 2-6-flowered verticils 5-25 mm apart. Calyx 7-8 mm long in fruiting stage, glandular-hispid with scattered multicellular hairs. Corolla bluish mauve, rarely pink or pale blue, speckled with purple on the upper lip, 5-13 mm long; tube deflexed, saccate to distinctly spurred at the base, narrowing slightly towards the throat; upper lip 2.5-6 mm long; lower lip boat-shaped, 2-5 mm long, later deflexed. Stamens free, up to 8 mm long.

Forest, scrub forest and shady places among rocks.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.