|
page 1 of 1 showing Hits 1 to 1 of 1 matching CONN00068434 |
 Label name: Lippia dulcis Trevir. Family: VERBENACEAE Label header: UCONN EEB CONSERVATORY | LIVING COLLECTION VOUCHERS Verification summary: Label name: Lippia dulcis Trevir. Locality information: USA: Connecticut: Tolland County: Mansfield, Storrs: University of Connecticut Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Greenhouses. 41°48'37"N, 72°15'21"W. Accuracy of georeference / locality: 1 km Collector(s) and number(s): Christopher T. Martine 1002 Collected with: Clinton Morse Collection date: 31 Mar 2005 Description: Mexico. Fast growing, low creeper, with small white flowers; excellent in hanging baskets. Known by the Aztec as "Tzopelic Xlhuitl". Accession #: 198900074 . Plant used for EEB 271 lab. Phenology: flowering Use(s): Used since at least the time of the Aztecs for coughs, colds, bronchitis, asthma, and colic. Leaves contain the intensely sweet compound hernandulcin (1000 times sweeter than sugar) but high camphor content makes them unsuitable for use as a sugar substitute. Location in CONN: Dry Storage CONN Accession #: 129361 Barcode: CONN00068434 Last edited: CTM 18 APR 05 |
| No more hits |