Coleus Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Coleus (Coleus forskohlii, now classified by Kew as Coleus barbatus, long known also as Plectranthus barbatus), the Indian coleus or makandi, is a perennial of the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to the dry slopes of India, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and tropical East Africa, and grown as a root crop in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It grows 60 to 90 centimeters with thick, square, fleshy stems, large, oval, softly hairy leaves that smell camphor-like when rubbed, and tall spikes of pale blue to violet two-lipped flowers. Below ground it forms a cluster of fleshy, tapering, orange-brown tubers that are pickled in South India. We extract the dried root.