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Lippia americana

Botanic Family

Verbenaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Barelago (Mexico)
• Belíta (Mexico)
• Mano de Dios (Mexico)
• Oreganito Macho (Mexico)

Geographical Habitats

• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Veracruz - Mexico
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• woodland
• savanna
• coastal.

Flowering Times

• Oct-Feb (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

Woody herb, scrambling or scandent to 6m with strong aromatic odour. Crenate-serrate leaves to 80mm x 35mm, scabrous above & glabrous or strigose on veins beneath. Axillary many-flowered inflorescence with bractlets, calyx to 1.5mm long, green or greenish-white corolla. Black fruit.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Kew