WorldFloraDB - Lippia micromera

Characteristics

A shrub. The leaves have a scent. It grows 50 cm to 2.3 m tall. The stems are branched and arch over. They are wiry. The leaves are opposite and crowded. The blades are oval or rounded. They are 0.5-1 cm long. They are strongly creased length wise. Both sides are hairy. The base tapers and is wedge shaped. The flowering stalks occur singly. They form half round heads. The flowers are very small.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	shrub
Growth support	-
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	dioecy
Pollination	entomogamy
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	0.8
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	0.3
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color	-
Blooming months	-
Fruit color	-
Fruiting months	-
Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	-

Environment

A tropical plant. It does well in hot, sunny locations. It can tolerate dry and poor soils.

More

Not known

Light
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture	-
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The leaves have the flavour of thyme. The small leaves and young stems are used to flavour soups, salads, meats and other foods.

Uses	food medicinal
Edible	leaves stems
Therapeutic use	Antispasmodic (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Demulcent (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Flu (unspecified), Oliguria (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Tea (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

It is usually grown from cuttings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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Vigor	-
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