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Yapana

Ayapana triplinervis

Also called Triplinerved Eupatorium

Yapana
Photo: Cmarodon, Public domain

Yapana is a slender, ascending tropical American perennial shrub in the daisy family, grown mainly for its aromatic leaves used in traditional medicine and herbal teas. It needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions and is best kept in a sheltered or greenhouse setting outside the tropics.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, moist, fertile potting mix or loam with added organic matter.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
French Guiana to Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Ayapana triplinervis (aya-pana, water hemp) is a tropical American shrub in the family Asteraceae. This plant has long slender leaves which are often used in traditional medicine. The flowers are pale pink and the thin, hairless stem is reddish in color.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ayapana triplinervis 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.

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