Common Name: Mexican Mint
Vernacular Name: പനിക്കൂർക്ക
Systematic position:
Class- Magnoliopsida
Subclass- Asteridae
Order- Lamiales
Family- Lamiaceae
Genus- Coleus
Species- C. aromaticus
Description: The stem is fleshy, about 30–90 cm, either with long rigid hairs (hispidly villous) or densely covered with soft, short and erect hairs (tomentose). Old stems are smooth (glabrescent). Leaves are 5–7 cm by 4–6 cm, fleshy, undivided (simple), broad, egg/oval-shaped with a tapering tip (ovate). The margins are coarsely crenate to dentate-crenate except in the base. They are thickly studded with hairs (pubescent), with the lower surface possessing the most numerous glandular hairs, giving a frosted appearance. The petiole is 2–4.5 cm. The aroma of the leaves can be described as a pungent combination of the aromas of oregano, thyme, and turpentine. The taste of the leaves is described as being similar to the one of oregano, but with a sharp mint-like flavor.
Flowering and Fruiting: Summer and Autumn.
Economic Importance: It is a folkloric medicinal plant used to treat malarial fever, hepatopathy, renal and vesical calculi, cough, chronic asthma, hiccough, bronchitis, helminthiasis, colic, convulsions, and epilepsy.
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleus_amboinicus