Herb. No. 163 · Passifloraceae
Mexican and Caribbean drylands, north into subtropical Texas.
Native · Mexico & Central America · North America
Native Also grown
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Damiana
Turnera diffusa
A small yellow-flowered shrub of Mexican dryland — a bitter-aromatic tea with a long bedroom reputation it has not entirely earned.
Damiana is a Turnera of Mexico and the Caribbean drylands. Traditional use is as a nervine and an aphrodisiac folklore. The tea is bitter-aromatic, pleasant in a blend. Culinary-tea amounts are the path. Extracts sold as a male tonic are a louder product. This plate is a cup, not a promise.
Flavor
Fig, chamomile-bitter, a little spice. Better blended than alone.
Parts used
Aerial parts
Helpful
- A real desert tea plant
- Pleasant in a blend
Cautions
- The bedroom claim is louder than the evidence
- Not hardy in frost