Lamiaceae FAMILY
Hyptis brevipes
Hyptis brevipes
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Hyptis brevipes is an erect, annual, or occasionally a short-lived perennial, plant with a sparingly to much-branched stem; it can grow 30 - 60cm tall[ 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/ ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. It has demonstrated potential as a pesticide.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas; C. America - Panama to southern Mexico; Caribbean
HabitatA weed of waste places, often abundant in fallow rice-paddies, mainly under everwet climatic conditions, rather rare in seasonally drought areas; at elevations up to 1,200 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].