Taxon:
Lippia javanica (Burm. f.) Spreng.
Summary
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 2:752. 1825
Verified:
04/07/1997
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Brenan, J. P. M. 1954. Plants collected by the Vernay Nyasaland Expedition of 1946. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9:36.
- Dale, I. R. & P. J. Greenway. 1961. Kenya trees & shrubs.
- Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
- Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. URL: http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
- Meeuse, A. D. J. 1942. Notes on Javanese Verbenaceae. Blumea 5:68. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
- Vollesen, K. 1980. Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of the Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania. Opera Bot. 59:82.
Common names
English
lemonbush –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Cape Province | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | essential oils | | Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Weed | | | Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. |