Mazhar Botanic Garden

Aloysia polystachya (Griseb.) Moldenke

Burrito - Lemon beebrush

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001181
Common name: Burrito - Lemon beebrush
English name: Horse mint, Liquorice verbena
Arabic name: لويزا
Native: S. Bolivia to N. Argentina
Country: Argentina Bolivia South America

Fragrant shrub leaves small, 4-8 cm long, dark green, and pointed flowers white with a yellow center, small, in cluster along spikes fruit  a schizocarps

Aromatic leaves. medicinal and culinary uses. 

Lippia polystachya Griseb

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Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Bushy
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Online
Plant Uses: Aromatic Essential oil Herbal tea Medicinal
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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