VerbenaceaeW/C = Wild Collected |
Lippia dulcis Trevir.
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- Common Name: Aztec Sweet Herb
- Family: Verbenaceae J. St-Hil.
- Country of Origin: Mexico
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- Description: Mexican herb used since at least the time of the Aztecs for coughs, colds, bronchitis, asthma, and colic. Leaves contain the intensely sweet compound hernandulcin (1000 times sweeter than sugar) but high camphor content makes them unsuitable for use as a sugar substitute. Fast growing, low creeper, with small white flowers; excellent in hanging baskets. Known by the Aztec as "Tzopelic Xlhuitl".
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  Accession Data:- Accession # 198900074
- Source: Smith Col./seed
- Recorded Vouchers: CONN Accession #: 129361
- Accession Date: 12-31-1989
- Bench: 1306 - NEO:Mesoamerica C
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-29-2009
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Lamiales
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- Family: Verbenaceae
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References:Richter's WWW Herb Page
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