Lamiaceae FAMILY
Hyptis brevipes
Hyptis brevipes
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitAnnual
Growth—
The seed is dispersed by wildlife and by human activities; originally from tropical America, the plant has become a weed in many parts of the moist to wet tropics. It is described as invasive in many parts of southeast Asia[1].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Hyptis+brevipes>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk — http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html ↩︎A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands.
- [2]Flora of Guatemala — Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark · 1946 - 1976 · http://www.archive.org/ ↩︎A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/
- [3]Flora Malesiana Series 1 — Various · Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch · http://www.archive.org ↩︎A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet
- [4]Chemical component studies on the leaf and inflorescence essential oil of Hyptis brevipes (Poit.) — Md. Nazrul Islam Bhuiyan, Jaripa Begum & Nemai Chandra Nandi · 2010 · http://www.academicjournals.org/JMPR · ISBN 1996-0875 ↩︎
- [5]Hyptis brevipes (Lamiaceae) Extracts Strongly Inhibit the Growth and Development of Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) L — Hanem H. Sakr, Shimaa H. Roshdy, & Hesham R. El-Seedi · 2013 · http://www.japsonline.com · ISBN 10.7324/JAPS.2013 ↩︎