Fever Tea
Lippia javanica
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lippia javanica
- Genus
- Lippia
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Along banks of rivers and in deciduous forests
- Native to
- Tropical America, West Indies
- Distribution
- Naturalized in old World
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Fever Tea itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Fever Tea itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Fever Tea
Fever Tea (Lippia javanica) belongs to the Verbenaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and West Bengal. It grows in along banks of rivers and in deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Fever Tea belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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