| Scientific Name | Lippia javanica (Burm.f.) Spreng. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | VERBENACEAE | Synonyms | Lantana galpiniana H.Pearson, Lippia asperifolia Rich., Verbena javanica Burm.f. | Common Names | Beukesbos (a), Bokhukhwane (tw), Fever Tea (e), Fever Tree (e), Inzinziniba (x), Koorsbossie (a), Koorsteebossie (a), Lemoenbossie (a), Lemon Bush (e), Maagbossie (a), Umsuzwana (nd), Umsuzwane (z), Umswazi (z), Usuzwane (nd), Wild Sage (e), Wild Tea (e) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2017/10/05 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | A widespread and common, somewhat weedy species that is not in danger of extinction. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West | Range | This species is widespread across eastern South Africa, extending throughout tropical Africa to Asia. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland, KaNgwane Montane Grassland, Barberton Montane Grassland, Sekhukhune Montane Grassland, Leolo Summit Sourveld, Lydenburg Thornveld, Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland, Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld, Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos, Woodbush Granite Grassland, Wolkberg Dolomite Grassland, Strydpoort Summit Sourveld, Crossroads Grassland Thicket, Waterberg-Magaliesberg Summit Sourveld, Eastern Highveld Grassland, Long Tom Pass Montane Grassland, Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland, Soweto Highveld Grassland, Tsakane Clay Grassland, Northern Zululand Mistbelt Grassland, Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland, Southern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Mthatha Moist Grassland, Dry Coast Hinterland Grassland, Ithala Quartzite Sourveld, Moist Coast Hinterland Grassland, Soutpansberg Summit Sourveld, Scarp Forest, Doubledrift Karroid Thicket, Grahamstown Grassland Thicket, Nanaga Savanna Thicket, Hamburg Dune Thicket, Subtropical Dune Thicket, Maputaland Coastal Belt, Maputaland Wooded Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld, Transkei Coastal Belt, Northern Afrotemperate Forest, Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland, Northern Mistbelt Forest, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland, Northern Coastal Forest, Sand Forest, Amathole Montane Grassland, uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland, Vaal-Vet Sandy Grassland, Vredefort Dome Granite Grassland, Klerksdorp Thornveld, Carletonville Dolomite Grassland, Central Free State Grassland, Egoli Granite Grassland, Rand Highveld Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld, Southern Mistbelt Forest, Delagoa Lowveld, Low Escarpment Moist Grassland, Barberton Serpentine Sourveld, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Southern Lebombo Bushveld, Lebombo Summit Sourveld, Tembe Sandy Bushveld, Western Maputaland Sandy Bushveld, Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld, Makatini Clay Thicket, Northern Zululand Sourveld, Zululand Lowveld, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Granite Lowveld, Makuleke Sandy Bushveld, Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld, Gabbro Grassy Bushveld, Gravelotte Rocky Bushveld, Tzaneen Sour Bushveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Thukela Valley Bushveld, Thukela Thornveld, KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld, Ngongoni Veld, KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld, Eastern Valley Bushveld, Bhisho Thornveld, Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, South Eastern Coastal Thornveld, Income Sandy Grassland, Midlands Mistbelt Grassland, Dwaalboom Thornveld, Gauteng Shale Mountain Bushveld, Andesite Mountain Bushveld, Central Sandy Bushveld, Loskop Mountain Bushveld, Loskop Thornveld, Springbokvlakte Thornveld, Western Sandy Bushveld, Kaalrug Mountain Bushveld, Makhado Sweet Bushveld, Northern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland, Polokwane Plateau Bushveld, Mamabolo Mountain Bushveld, Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld, Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld, Zeerust Thornveld, Dwarsberg-Swartruggens Mountain Bushveld, Pilanesberg Mountain Bushveld, Marikana Thornveld, Moot Plains Bushveld, Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld | Description | Plants grow on grassy hillsides, stream banks, scrub forest, forest margins and open bushveld. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lippia javanica (Burm.f.) Spreng. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2017. Lippia javanica (Burm.f.) Spreng. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18 |
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