Mayana

Family Labiatae

Scientific name:  Coleus blumei Benth.

 Other names:

                           bagayang (Ag., Cam., Mis.)               

                           Lupunaya (Bis.)

                           Bugayona (Ley., Sam.)            

                           Lapuraya (S. Kud.)

                           Daponaya (Bis.)                                  

                           Maradara (IIk)

                           Kadyapa (Cam.S., Cat.)               

                           Mariapa (Ley., Sam.)

                           Kapa de la Reyna (Mas.)             

                           Saimayo (Sul., Taw.)

                           Lampunaya (Ant., Gui., Iio., Rom.)            

                           Taponaya (Bis.)

             This is an erect, branched, fleshy, annual herb 1 m or less in height.  Its stems are four-angled and purplish.  The leaves vary in color, usually more or less hairy, ovate, coarsely toothed at the margins.  Flowers are terminal, purplish and numerous.

             It is cultivated as an ornamental plant and is propagated by stem cuttings.