Lippia abyssinica

Koseret
Lippia abyssinica isotype specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Verbenaceae
Genus: Lippia
Species:
L. abyssinica
Binomial name
Lippia abyssinica
Synonyms[1]
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Lippia abyssinica, or koseret (Amharic: ኮሰረት, romanized: koserēt), is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It is endemic to Ethiopia but cultivated throughout tropical African countries.[2][3][4] The specific epithet abyssinica derives from Latin and means 'of or from Ethiopia (Abyssinia)'.[5]

Herbarium specimen

The plant grows as a 3m tall shrubby herb[6] at 1600–2000 m altitude in Ethiopia.[7] It has hairy leaves and small flowers that are purple or pink.[8]

Other common names include kosearut,[9] lemon herb,[10] butter clarifying herb,[11] Gambey tea bush,[12] and Gambia(n) tea bush,[2][3][13] although the latter can also apply to Lippia multiflora.[14] Besides the word koseret, in Amharic it is also called kesse[8] or kessie.[7] In Gurage it can be called koseret (Amharic: ኮሰሬት, romanized: koserēti), kesenet (Amharic: ክስንት, romanized: kisiniti),[15] or quereret.[8] Said in Tigrinya it is kusay.[8] Kasey,[8] kusaye,[7] or kusaayee[4] are the terms in the Oromo language. In French it is called verveine d’Afrique (literally 'African verbena'),[3][14] Brégué Balenté, or Mousso et mâle.[16] German speakers call it Gambia-Teestrauch (Gambia tea shrub).[14] In Sierra Leone it is named a-kimbo and in the Congo it is called ngadi or dutmutzuri.[12]

  1. ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b Zeven, Anton C.; Zhukovsky, Petr M. (1975). "African Centre". Dictionary of cultivated plants and their centres of diversity: excluding ornamentals, forest trees and lower plants. Wageningen: Pudoc. p. 128. ISBN 978-9022005491. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017. LIPPIA ADOENSIS Höchst. Gambian tea bush. 2n= . Zaire. A potherb cultivated there. In W. Africa it is used as a tea substitute.
  3. ^ a b c Hanelt, Peter (2001). Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: (Except Ornamentals) (PDF) (First English ed.). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 1935. ISBN 9783540410171. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2017. Lippia adoensis Hochst. in Flora 24 (1841) 1. Gambian tea bush; Fr. verveine d"Afrique. Tropical Africa. In tropical W Africa cultivated as a substitute for tea, used in folk medicine as a remedy for fever. Also grown as a pot herb in Zaire and Congo.
  4. ^ a b Megersa, Moa; Asfaw, Zemede; Kelbessa, Ensermu; Beyene, Abebe; Woldeab, Bizuneh (25 September 2013). "An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Wayu Tuka District, East Welega Zone of Oromia Regional State, West Ethiopia". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 9 (68): 184–192. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-68. ISSN 1746-4269. PMC 3851437. PMID 24295044.
  5. ^ "Searching Botanary". Dave's Garden. Dave's Garden, an Internet Brands company. 2000–2017. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2017. abyssinica Of or from Ethiopia (Abyssinica) a-biss-IN-ee-kuh
  6. ^ Tadeg, Hailu; Mohammed, Endris; Asres, Kaleab; Gebre-Mariam, Tsige (15 February 2005). "Antimicrobial activities of some selected traditional Ethiopian medicinal plants used in the treatment of skin disorders" (PDF). Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 100 (1–2): 168–175. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2005.02.031. PMID 16054532. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  7. ^ a b c Debell, A; Makonnen, E; Zerihun, L; Abebe, D; Teka, F (1 April 2005). "In-vivo antipyretic studies of the aqueous and ethanol extracts of the leaves of Ajuga remota and Lippia adoensis". Ethiopian Medical Journal. 43 (2): 111–118. ISSN 0014-1755. PMID 16370541. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  8. ^ a b c d e Fichtl, Reinhard; Adi, Admasu (1994). Honeybee flora of Ethiopia. Margraf Verlag. p. 210. ISBN 9783823612346. OCLC 246591494. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  9. ^ Berns, Kittee (2015). Teff Love: Adventures in Vegan Ethiopian Cooking. Summertown, TN: Book Publishing Company. pp. 10, 19, 25. ISBN 9781570673115. OCLC 957165155.
  10. ^ Balster, Laura M. (2010). Brandy. AuthorHouse. p. 196. ISBN 978-1452009865. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Kosseret ኮሰረት – Butter Clarifying Herb – Brundo Market". Brundo Market. Oakland, CA. 2017. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017. Kosseret ኮሰረት – Butter Clarifying Herb $ 7.95 Ethiopia's wild herb Kosseret (a sage like plant) is used in the making of clarified butter and seasoned oil. It enhances many sauces and stews and is often added to sea food and used as a meat rub. Origin: Ethiopia
  12. ^ a b Quattrocchi, Umberto (19 April 2016). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press. pp. 2297–8. ISBN 9781482250640. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  13. ^ Uphof, Johannes Cornelis Theodorus (1968) [1959]. Dictionary of Economic Plants (second ed.). New York, NY: J. Cramer. p. 315. ISBN 9783904144711. OCLC 48693661.
  14. ^ a b c Seidemann, Johannes (27 December 2005). "L". World Spice Plants: Economic Usage, Botany, Taxonomy. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 209. ISBN 9783540279082.
  15. ^ Asfaw, Nigist; Demissew, Sebsebe (2009). Aromatic Plants of Ethiopia. Shama Books. pp. 234, 240, 251. ISBN 9789994400379. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  16. ^ Rabaté, J. (1938). "Etude des essences de Lippia adoensis Hochst" [Study of extracts of Lippia adoensis Hochst.]. Revue de Botanique Appliquée et d'Agriculture Coloniale (in French). 18 (201): 350–354. doi:10.3406/jatba.1938.5863.