Coleus is a genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, sometimes succulent, sometimes with a fleshly or tuberous root stock,found in the Afro-Eurasia tropics and subtropics.
It is cultivated as ornamental plants which is popular as a garden plant for its brightly colored foliage.
Coleus can also be called Spur flower,fly bush,hedgehog flower and hullwort.
Coleus forskohilii is an ayurvedic medicinal plant used historically to treat high blood pressure, heart failure,eczema, digestive colic, respiratory ailments, painful urination, insomnia and seizure as well as over weight and obesity.