Damiana

Turnera diffusa

Passifloraceae

A small yellow-flowered shrub of Mexican dryland — a bitter-aromatic tea with a long bedroom reputation it has not entirely earned.

Aromatic shrub tea. Aphrodisiac folklore is folklore. Not a drug claim.

Parts used: Aerial parts
Traditional notes: Restless evening folklore · Traditional libido folklore · Bitter-aromatic tea
Grow · USDA 6b: Tender shrub, USDA 9–11; pot north Seed or a nursery plant. A conservatory windowsill. In work: May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep
Harvest: Flowering tops, dry.

Think Mexican dryland, not a wet mint bed.
A blend is kinder than a straight cup.

Safety

Pregnancy Diabetes without advice at extract dose

Lore

The Spanish recorded it as a Mexican leaf for love and nerves. A 19th-century American patent medicine, Damiana Bitters, did the rest. Turnera was later moved near passionflower, which is a taxonomic wink. The yellow flower is shyer than the reputation.

The Herbarium — a teaching catalog, not a clinic. Traditional use is history, not a prescription. USDA 6b dates are a week either way, not a promise. Do not eat, drink, or harvest a plant you cannot name.