Origin and Habitat: Extends to Angola, Welwitsch and the mountains round Lake Nyassa, Thomson and Lake Tanganyika, Cameron.

• Plectranthus hararensis Gürke

• Plectranthus hadiensis (Forssk.) Schweinf. ex Sprenger
• Ocimum hadiense Forssk.
• Plectranthus forsskaolii Vahl
• Plectranthus hararensis Gürke
• Plectranthus pachyphyllus Gürke ex T.Cooke
• Plectranthus paucicrenatus Franch.
• Plectranthus zatarhendii (Forssk.) E.A.Bruce sensu Codd

• Plectranthus hadiensis var. tomentosus (Benth.) Codd
• Plectranthus tomentosus Benth. ex E.Mey.
• Plectranthus zatarhendii var. tomentosus (Benth.) Codd

• Plectranthus hadiensis var. woodii (Gürke) Codd
• Plectranthus woodii Gürke
• Plectranthus zatarhendii var. woodii (Gürke) Codd
• Plectranthus draconis Briq.

Description: Bulb: Subglobose, 15-20. diam., with many hundreds of tunics, the outer brown and firm in texture.
Leaves: 8 to 16, ensiform, distichous, erect, coriaceous, glaucous, closely ribbed, narrowed gradually to the point, finally up to 50 cm. long, 2,5 to 6 cm broad, hairy on the margin, not ciliated, often much undulated; peduncle stout, ancipitous, glaucous, 1/2–1 ft. long;
Flowers: Very numerous, pink to bright red, arranged in a dense umbel.
Fruit: the fruit is a capsule turbinate, 2 cm in. long, 1-15 cm diam.