Turnera diffusa Willd. ex Schult.

Damiana (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Passifloraceae > Turnera

Characteristics

A herb or small shrub which keeps growing from year to year. It grows 60 cm to 2 m tall. The leaves are sword shaped. They have blunt teeth along the edge. The flowers are spreading. They are 2.5-4 cm wide. The petals are broadly oval with a sharp point. They are yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.6
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It suits areas with moderate moisture or which are seasonally dry. It needs an average, well-drained soil. It needs full or part sun. It suits hardiness zones 9-12.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

The dried leaf has been eaten as a tonic. It is also drunk as a tea. The flowers are used for tea.
Uses environmental use food food additive material medicinal poison tea vertebrate poison
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Catarrh (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Diabetes (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Enuresis (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Infection (unspecified), Intestine (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Lequeur (unspecified), Liqueur (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Nerves (unspecified), Nervine (unspecified), Panacea (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Syphilis (unspecified), Tea (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Venereal (unspecified), Amaurosis (unspecified), Kidney (unspecified), Paralysis (unspecified), Renitis (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Dysmenorrhea (unspecified), Hangover (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Turnera diffusa habit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Turnera diffusa habit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Turnera diffusa habit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Leaf

Turnera diffusa leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Turnera diffusa world distribution map, present in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:836578-1
WFO ID wfo-0001143048
COL ID 59PV6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Bohadschia humifusa Bohadschia microphylla Triacis microphylla Turnera pringlei Turnera aphrodisiaca Turnera microphylla Turnera humifusa Turnera diffusa Turnera diffusa var. aphrodisiaca Turnera diffusa var. diffusa