[Previous] [Next]  

 

 

 

 

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

(Purple Porterweed)

Verbenaceae

Traditional remedy or use: Brewed into beer and tea. Thought to treat baldness, bronchitis, hepatitis, dropsy, fever, pneumonia, stomach ailments, ulcers, venereal disease and yellow fever.  Used as a cathartic and emetic.

Modern remedy or use: Possible treatment for liver disease.

Comments: Florida Native.

Garden Note: Lost to cold damage, not currently planted in the garden, 3/2011

 

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

  Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

 

Copyright © Palm Beach State College 2012 • Comments? Contact Webmaster