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Blue porterweed or Indian Snakeweed
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
9.01462, 76.67
Field Notes
Description:
The Blue porterweed, Indian Snakeweed or Jamaica vervain is a species of plant in the Verbenaceae family.
Habitat:
It is usually found along country roadsides and it grows also well as a ruderal plant on disturbed terrain.
Notes:
The fresh leaves are consumed in bush tea as a “cooling” tonic and blood cleanser, to treat “asthma” and “ulcerated stomachs”.
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Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
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PublishedJuly 3, 2013
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