Country Borage (Coleus amboinicusLour.):

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Country borage, Coleus amboinicus Lour. (Labiatae) is an attractive, perennial, subshrub, trailing or erect and reaching nearly a meter in height. Believed to be native to the Moluccas, this plant was long ago introduced into many areas of the Old World tropics and some of the Pacific islands and, because of its aromatic leaves, often used as a substitute for borage or thyme. It has also been cultivated in the Far East for its essential oil. Before the end of the 19th century the plant was scattered about the Caribbean and, sparsely, from northern Venezuela to Yucatan, adopted in these areas more as a folk-remedy than as a flavoring herb. Only in recent years has country borage been given moderate attention as a culinary species in the Bahamas and Florida. Commercial culture and distribution to specialty markets will quite likely result in much broader utilization of this exotic herb.

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