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Vietnamese balm
Elsholtzia ciliata
About
Elsholtzia ciliata, commonly known as Vietnamese balm, comb mint, xiang ru (香薷) or kinh giới in Vietnamese, is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae native to Asia. In the US, it is commonly known as crested late summer mint. In US Vietnamese grocery stores, it is called kinh gioi, Vietnamese lemon balm, or Vietnamese lemon mint.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Elsholtzia ciliata
- Slug
- elsholtzia-ciliata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Elsholtzia
- Species
- ciliata
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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