Jamaican Vervain
- Product number: 831764.1
- Origin: Southern Africa, Indonesia
- Latin: Lippia javanica
This Verveine is popular in both Indonesia and Southern Africa for making medicinal tea: it soothes colds, shortness of breath, and fever. Strong tea can also be cooled and used as skincare. The smoke from the dried leaves is also healing. A few dried leaves in a linen sachet provide a fresh scent in rooms and wardrobes.
Names:
Latin: Lippia javanica
Dutch: Javaanse Verveine
Also known as: Javaanse Citroenverbena
English: Fever Tea, Lemon Bush
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- Flower colour: White to pale yellow flowers
- Average growth height: 60 to 90 cm
- Attractive to insects:
- Annual or perennial: Multi-year
- Hardy: Not frost resistant
- Origin: Southern Africa, Indonesia
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Lippia javanica
- Dutch: Jamaican Vervain
- Also known as: Javaanse Citroenverbena
- English: Fever Tea, Lemon Bush
