Fever Tea
Lemon Bush
Lippia javanica
Photographed near Eldoret, Kenya. December 2012.
LEAVES: The triangular leaves have very prominent veins and
reticulations. The margins are toothed. Opposite leaves.
SHRUB: Several upright, straight branches about 1½m tall. 
FLOWERS: The creamy white flowers are clustered into very short
head-like spikes. The corollas are weakly bilaterally symetrical.
RANGE: This is a common native plant in Kenya uplands. Fever Tea has
reported medicinal value and has been widely planted also.
FRUIT: The fruits are small, dry berries and these remain packed
together into the spike giving an appearance of a composite fruit.
UNARMED.