Talk:Coleus caninus

The plant sold under patent in the USA under this name is in fact Plectranthus ornatus. As it in no way differs from regular P. ornatus the patent application was refused in the EU, despite the German marketers appealing the decision numerous times. As it stands it is illegal to propagate the species P. ornatus for sale in the USA (without paying the German patent-holder), but no restrictions on the species apply in the EU. See the German Wikipedia article for a full explanation.

The cat and dog repellent qualities due to the heavy Cannabis scent as invented by the marketers is indeed highly questionable -no research into this was mentioned in the patent application.

The real P. caninus (often mislabelled in European collections as P. comosus) has narrower leaves, is less robust and has similar flowers. P. neochilus (rounder, less truncated leaves) and P. arabicus (smaller leaves & plant) are also very similar. ---Leo


 * I should have read this earlier! I have now fixed the article to incorporate this information. Peter coxhead (talk) 06:16, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

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Just think the last word in the article should be switched from "marijuana" to "cannabis" due to the informal and racist connotation of the former. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:BCA0:17F:E8CC:A811:532A:4941 (talk) 10:32, 29 April 2019 (UTC)