Moujean Tea

Other names

Bahamas Berry, Pineapple Verbena

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Cultivated as annual

Native distribution

E. Carribean Islands

Biocultural value

Native to the Bahamas, the aromatic, citrus-floral scented foliage lends a subtle vanilla flavor to herbal teas.

Location

Robison Herb Garden

Source of plant

Unknown

Description

An evergreen, loose, spreading shrub with many branches up to 2m high, with mature trunks of 5-10cm diameter. The leaves are aromatic, simple, opposite (or fascicled), elliptic to obovate or spatulate, 5-10mm long, with revolute margins. The flowerheads are axillary, sessile, few-flowered, with a strigose calyx; the corolla is whitish, about 2mm long, four-lobed, and with four stamens. The fragrant foliage and tiny white flowers are highly attractive to pollinators, in particular the Atala butterfly.

USDA Hardiness Zone

10

Special characteristics

tender perennial, food