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Lamiaceae

Subfamily Chloanthoideae

Subfamily Lamioideae

Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Elsholtzieae

Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Lavanduleae

Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Mentheae

Subfamily Nepetoideae
Tribe Ocimeae

Subfamily Scutellarioideae

Subfamily Symphorematoideae

Subfamily Teucrioideae

Subfamily Viticoideae

W/C = Wild Collected
Tetradenia riparia (Hochst.) N. E. Br.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Nutmeg Bush, Mochasma
  • Family: Lamiaceae Lindl.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa - Natal, Transvaal
  • Habitat:

  • Description: [syn. Iboza riparia (Hochst.) N.E. Br.]

    Stout dioecious herb, 3-6 feet tall, white-pubescent, aromatic; leaves broadly ovate, 4-6 inches long, to 5 inches wide, slightly to deeply crenate, petioled; panicle mostly 8-15 inches long; calyx to 1/16 inch long, corolla unequally 4-5 lobed, to 3/16 inch long, white.

  • Culture: Moderately to marginally frost hardy, they prefer light, well-drained loam, and do not put up with prolonged dry conditions. Plant in full sun and provide plenty of water in summer, with protection from strong winds. They can be pruned hard each year after the flowers are spent. Propagate from cuttings in spring.
  • USDA Zone: 10-11
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198501016
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1115 - AFR:Eastern Cape B
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 11-13-2009
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • SubFamily: Nepetoideae
  • Tribe: Ocimeae
  • SubTribe:
References:

Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976 Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version

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