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Aloysia citriodora (lemon beebrush)

Synonyms: Aloysia triphylla

Wikipedia Abstract

Aloysia citrodora is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family Verbenaceae, native to western South America. Common names include lemon verbena and lemon beebrush. It was brought to Europe by the Spanish and the Portuguese in the 17th century and cultivated for its oil.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  The essential oil from the plant might sensitise the skin to sunlight;
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Scent [2]  The leaves are very aromatic with a strong lemon scent.
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  An essential oil obtained from the leaves is extensively used in perfumery; An average yield of 0.5% is obtained; There is some evidence that the use of this oil can sensitise the skin to sunlight and so its use has been largely replaced by the tropical plant lemongrass, Cymbopogon spp.; The dried leaves retain their fragrance well and so are used in pot-pourri; The growing plant repels midges, flies and other insects; The essential oil is an effective insecticide in 1 - 2% concentration;
Height [2]  9.84 feet (3 m)
Width [2]  9.84 feet (3 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mburucuyá National Park II   Corrientes, Argentina  

Predators

Acherontia atropos (Death's-head hawk moth)[4]
Anartia jatrophae (white peacock)[4]
Saissetia coffeae (brown scale)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0