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Lippia alba

Description
Life form	shrub	Physiology
Habit	erect	Category	medicinals & aromatic
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on small scale, harvested from wild

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth
Temperat. requir.	-	-	-	-	Soil texture	light	light
Rainfall (annual)	-	-	-	-	Soil fertility
Latitude	-	-	-	-	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	-	Soil salinity
Soil PH	-	-	-	-	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells)
Light intensity

Climate zone	subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc)	Photoperiod
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	small scale (manual)	Crop cycle	120	180
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
medicinal	digestive system applications	leaves
medicinal	nervous system applications	leaves