Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lippia alba
San Juan, Albahaca de páramo, aliviadolor, chiva, curalotodo
Grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and for food (POWO, 2023).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Lamiales
Family
Verbenaceae
Genus
Lippia
Species
alba
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America (POWO, 2023).
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
- WFO (2021) World Flora Online. Published on the Internet. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/ WFO (2021): World Flora Online. Published on the Internet; http://www.worldfloraonline.org.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Lippia alba", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25042. Accessed 5 November 2026.