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
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Verbenaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Fever Tea
Fever Tea (Lippia javanica) is an undershrub belonging to the Verbenaceae family (Verbena/Teak family). Members of this family are generally characterised by opposite/whorled simple/compound leaves, spike/raceme/cymose flower clusters, drupe fruit. It is typically found in along banks of rivers and in deciduous forests. Native to Tropical America, West Indies, it is distributed across Naturalized in old World. 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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