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Aloysia herrerae, known as cedroncillo, is a shrub from the Verbena family native to seasonally dry tropical areas of Peru and Bolivia. It is grown mainly for its aromatic leaves and oil rather than as an ornamental.
Aloysia herrerae, commonly known as cedroncillo, is a species of shrub in the family Verbenaceae, native to Peru and Bolivia. In its locality it was commonly used to treat various ailments in traditional folk medicine and it is also utilized to create essential oils.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aloysia herrerae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
