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Lippia
''Lippia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It was named after Augustin Lippi (1678–1705), a French naturalist and botanist (with Italian origins). He was killed in Abyssinia. The genus contains roughly 200 species of tropical shrubs that are found around the world. Plants are fragrant due to their essential oils, which vary between species but may include estragole, carvacrol, linalool or limonene. The leaves of certain species, such as '' L. graveolens'', can be used as a culinary herb similar to oregano. Selected species * ''Lippia abyssinica'' (Otto & A.Dietr.) Cufod. – Ethiopia * ''Lippia alba'' (Mill.) N.E.Br. ex Britton & P.Wilson – Bushy lippia, white lippia (United States (Texas), Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America) * '' Lippia carterae'' (Moldenke) G.L.Nesom – Licorice verbena (Baja California, Mexico) * '' Lippia dulcis'' Trevir. * '' Lippia durangensis'' Moldenke * '' Lippia graveolens'' Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lippia Carterae
''Lippia alba'' is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae, that is native to southern Texas in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. In Ethiopia the plant is also known as koseret (Amharic: ኮሰረት) and used as a cooking herb, especially for preparing the spiced butter niter kibbeh. The species is also present in Australia and India, where it is probably a human introduction. Common names include bushy matgrass, bushy lippia, hierba negra, juanilama, pamporegano, poleo and pitiona. It is a multi-branched shrub, reaching a height of . Leaves measure in length and in width and are opposite or in threes. Flowers with white, pink, or light blue-purple corollas form on spikes long. Uses Bushy lippia is widely cultivated as an ornamental for its aromatic foliage and beautiful flowers. The essential oil composition is unique to each plant, but may include piperitone, geranial, neral, caryophyllene, camphor, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lippia Abyssinica
''Lippia abyssinica'', or koseret (), is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It is endemic to Ethiopia but cultivated throughout tropical African countries. The specific epithet ''abyssinica'' derives from Latin and means 'of or from Ethiopia (Abyssinia)'. The plant grows as a 3m tall shrubby herb at 1600–2000 m altitude in Ethiopia. It has hairy leaves and small flowers that are purple or pink. Other common names include kosearut, lemon herb, butter clarifying herb, Gambey tea bush, and Gambia(n) tea bush, although the latter can also apply to '' Lippia multiflora''. Besides the word ''koseret'', in Amharic it is also called ''kesse'' or ''kessie''. In Gurage it can be called ''koseret'' (), ''kesenet'' (), or ''quereret''. Said in Tigrinya it is . , , or are the terms in the Oromo language. In French it is called ' (literally 'African verbena'), ', or '. German speakers call it ' (Gambia tea shrub). In Sierra Leone it is named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lippia Graveolens
''Lippia graveolens'', a species of flowering plant in the verbena or vervain family, Verbenaceae, is native to the southwestern United States (Texas and southern New Mexico), Mexico, and Central America as far south as Nicaragua. Common names include: Mexican oregano, redbrush lippia, ('wild oregano'), scented lippia, and scented matgrass. The specific epithet is derived from two Latin words: , meaning 'heavy', and , meaning 'smelling'. It is a shrub or small tree, reaching in height. Fragrant white or yellowish flowers can be found on the plant throughout the year, especially after rains. Uses The essential oil of ''Lippia graveolens'' contains 0-81% thymol, 0-48% carvacrol, 3-30% para-cymene, and 0-15% eucalyptol. The first two components give the plant a flavor similar to oregano (to which it is not closely related), and the leaves are widely used as an herb in Mexico and Central America Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lippia Dulcis
''Lippia dulcis'' ( syn. ''Phyla dulcis'') is a species of perennial herbaceous plant that is native to southern Mexico, the Caribbean (Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico), Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela. It is known by several common names, including Aztec sweet herb, bushy lippia, honeyherb, hierba dulce, and ''tzopelic-xihuitl'' (Nahuatl). Its buds are also sold as ''dushi'' or ''dulce'' (''sweet'' in Papiamento and Spanish respectively) buttons. Uses This plant has historically been used as a natural sweetener and medicinal herb in its native Mexico and parts of Central America. It was used by the Aztecs and introduced to the Spanish when they arrived. The sweet taste is caused by a sesquiterpene compound called hernandulcin, which was discovered in 1985 and named for Francisco Hernández, the Spanish physician who first described the plant in the sixteenth century. Use of ''Lippia dulcis'' has not become widespread because it also contains high levels of bitter comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carvacrol
Carvacrol, or cymophenol, C6H3(CH3)(OH)C3H7, is a monoterpene, monoterpenoid phenol. It has a characteristic pungent, warm odor of oregano. Natural occurrence Carvacrol is present in the essential oil of ''Origanum vulgare'' (oregano), oil of thyme, oil obtained from Lepidium, pepperwort, and Monarda fistulosa, wild bergamot. The essential oil of thyme subspecies contains between 5% and 75% of carvacrol, while ''Satureja'' (savory) subspecies have a content between 1% and 45%. ''Origanum majorana'' (marjoram) and Dittany of Crete are rich in carvacrol, 50% and 60–80% respectively. It is also found in tequila and ''Lippia graveolens'' (Mexican oregano) in the verbena family. Sources * ''Coleus amboinicus'' * ''Lavandula multifida'' * ''Lepidium * ''Lippia graveolens'' * ''Monarda didyma'' * ''Monarda fistulosa'' * ''Nigella sativa'' * ''Origanum compactum'' * ''Origanum dictamnus'' * ''Origanum majorana'' * ''Origanum microphyllum'' * ''Origanum minutiflorum'' * ''Origanum o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oregano
Oregano (, ; ''Origanum vulgare'') is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It was native to the Mediterranean region, but widely naturalised elsewhere in the temperate climate, temperate Northern Hemisphere. Oregano is a woody perennial plant, growing to tall, with opposite leaves long. The flowers which can be white, pink or light purple, are long, and produced in erect spikes in summer. It is sometimes called wild marjoram, while its close relative ''Origanum majorana, O. majorana'' is known as sweet marjoram. Both are widely used as Herb, culinary herbs, especially in Turkish, Greek, Spanish, Italian, Latin, and French cuisine. Oregano is also an ornamental plant, with numerous cultivars bred for varying leaf colour, flower colour and habit. Etymology The English word "oregano" is a borrowing of the Spanish language, Spanish , which derives from the Latin , which itself comes from Classical Greek (''orī́ganon''). The ultimate origin is dispu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verbenaceae
The Verbenaceae ( ), the verbena family or vervain family, is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants. It contains trees, shrubs, and herbs notable for heads, spikes, or clusters of small flowers, many of which have an aromatic smell. The family Verbenaceae includes 32 genera and 800 species. Phylogenetic studies have shown that numerous genera traditionally classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae. The mangrove genus ''Avicennia'', sometimes placed in the Verbenaceae or in its own family, Avicenniaceae, has been placed in the Acanthaceae. Economically important Verbenaceae include: * Lemon verbena (''Aloysia triphylla''), grown for aroma or flavoring * Verbenas or vervains (''Verbena''), some used in herbalism, others grown in gardens Taxonomy Tribes and genera in the family and their estimated species numbers: Casselieae (Schauer) Tronc. * ''Casselia'' Nees & Mart. - 6 species * ''Parodianthus'' Tronc. - 2 species * ''Tamonea'' Aubl. - 6 species C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustin Lippi
Augustin Lippi (* 1678 in Paris; † November 10, 1705 in Sennar) was a French physician and botanist of Italian descent. Life and work Augustin Lippi was born in 1678 in Paris. His parents came from the Italian town of Lucca. He studied medicine at the University of Paris and collected plants in Egypt. In 1703, Fagon, superintendent of the King's garden, asked Lippi to join the Lenoir du Roule mission to Ethiopia to try to establish diplomatic ties with the Negus Yasous the Great. In 1703, the French King Louis XIV planned on establishing trade relations and resuming missionary activity in the Kingdom of Ethiopia. A delegation was therefore to be sent to Ethiopian Negus Iyasu I. However, the French consul in Cairo, Benoît de Maillet, had been commissioned recently for the first time and shied away from the difficulty and danger of the trip. He in turn proposed the vice-consul of Damiette, Le Noir Du Roule (1665?-1705), to carry out the expedition. Despite hostility to the mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baja California
Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California (). It has an area of (3.57% of the land mass of Mexico) and comprises the northern half of the Baja California peninsula, north of the 28th parallel, plus oceanic Guadalupe Island. The mainland portion of the state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean; on the east by Sonora, the United States on the north and on the south by Baja California Sur. The state has an estimated population of 3,769,020 as of 2020, significantly higher than the sparsely populated Baja California Sur to the south, and similar to San Diego County, California, and Imperial County, California, to its north. Over 75% of the population lives in Mexicali (the state's capital city), Ensenada, or Tijuana (the state's largest city). Other impo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
