Lamiaceae FAMILY

Hyptis pectinata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hyptis pectinata is an annual to perennial herb that can grow up to 4 metres tall. It is often gathered from the wild for local use as a medicinal plant.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, north to the Caribbean and through Central America to Mexico.

HabitatCommon weed of cultivated land, pastures, plantations, road and trailsides, waste places[ 311 Title Medicinal Plants in the South Pacific Publication Author Publisher WHO Regional Publications, Manilla. Year 1998 ISBN 92-9061-118-9 Description Excellent guide to 102 medicinal herbs of the Pacific Islands, with photographs of each plant and details of their constituents, biological activities and traditional uses. A description of each plant, together with habitat and distribution is given. ]. Moist or dry, often rocky, brushy hillsides, open fields, pine-oak forest, sandbars along streams, waste or cultivated ground, below 1,900 metres[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description 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/ ].