name: Mexican Oregano

flavor_db_name_variants: mexican oregano

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Mexican oregano

id: 102

name_scientific: Lippia graveolens

description: Lippia graveolens, a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae, is native to the southwestern United States (Texas and southern New Mexico), Mexico, and Central America as far south as Nicaragua. Common names include Mexican oregano, redbrush lippia, orégano Cimmaron, scented lippia, and scented matgrass. The essential oil of Lippia graveolens contains 0-81% thymol, 0-48% carvacrol, 3-30% para-cymene, and 0-15% eucalyptol. The first two components give the plant a flavor similar to oregano, and the leaves are widely used as an herb in Mexico and Central America.

itis_id: 32068

wikipedia_id: Mexican_oregano

picture_file_name: 102.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 88360

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:38:17.000Z

legacy_id: 109

food_group: Herbs and Spices

food_subgroup: Herbs

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:20.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:16.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: null

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00102