Mexican Tea
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Also known as American wormseed, Sweet pig weed
HerboutdoorMedicinal
About Mexican Tea
Dysphania ambrosioides, formerly Chenopodium ambrosioides, known as epazote, Jesuit's tea, Mexican tea or wormseed, is an annual or short-lived perennial herb native to the Americas.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Chenopodium ambrosioides
- Genus
- Chenopodium
- Family
- CHENOPODIACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Degraded forests and wasteland
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Widely introduced in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Botanical family
Chenopodiaceae
Goosefoot Family
Mexican Tea belongs to the Chenopodiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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