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Kerm<strong>at</strong>h, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in <strong>the</strong> Americs<br />

Lippia berlandieri Schauer<br />

FAMILY: Verbenaceae (verbena)<br />

SPANISH: epazote, hierba dulce, orégano<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaves are used to season food.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Mexico<br />

REFERENCES: Uph<strong>of</strong> 1968<br />

Lippia graveolens Kunth<br />

FAMILY: Verbenaceae (verbena)<br />

ENGLISH: Mexican oregano, mintweed, redbrush lippia<br />

SPANISH: hierba dulce, oreganillo, orégano, orégano de la sierra,<br />

orégano cimmarrón, salva real, té de país<br />

USES/NOTES: Greens are used as a spice like oregano (Origanum<br />

vulgare), or for tea.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: South Texas and Mexico, perhaps into portions <strong>of</strong><br />

Central America<br />

REFERENCES: Brouk 1975, Espejo Serna et al. n.d., Harris 1998,<br />

Mabberley 1987, Tull 1978<br />

Lippia mexicana Grieve<br />

FAMILY: Verbenaceae (verbena)<br />

ENGLISH: Mexican oregano<br />

SPANISH: orégano<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaves reportedly were used to season tortillas in pre-<br />

Columbian Mexico.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela and possibly Cuba<br />

REFERENCES: Coe 1994<br />

Lippia micromera Schauer and L. micromera var. helleri (Britton)<br />

Mold. [syn. L. helleri Britton]<br />

FAMILY: Verbenaceae (verbena)<br />

ENGLISH: fine-leaf thyme, oregano, Puerto Rican oregano (L.<br />

micromera var. helleri), Spanish thyme<br />

USES/NOTES: Leaf and young stems are used as po<strong>the</strong>rbs and <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

essential oil is used to flavor liqueurs.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: South America<br />

REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Mabberley 1987, Omawale 1973<br />

Liquidambar styraciflua L. [syn. L. styraciflua var. mexicana<br />

Oerst.]<br />

FAMILY: Hamamelidaceae (witch hazel)<br />

ENGLISH: American sweetgum, bilsted, gum, redgum, sweetgum<br />

SPANISH: árbol del ámbar, caraña, copalme, estoraque, goma dulce,<br />

liquidámbar, maripenda, nogal s<strong>at</strong>inado, ocozote, quirambaro<br />

USES/NOTES: Bitter resin <strong>of</strong> this large, deciduous tree has been used<br />

like chewing gum. Also medicinal.<br />

NATURAL RANGE: Eastern U.S., eastern Mexico, and parts <strong>of</strong> Central<br />

America to nor<strong>the</strong>rn Costa Rica<br />

DRAFT - DO NOT DUPLICATE OR DISTRIBUTE<br />

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