Lavandula latifolia
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{{Speciesbox
| name = Lavandula latifolia
Spike lavender
| image = Lavandula latifolia DehesaBoyalPuertollano.jpg
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Lavandula
| species = latifolia
| authority = Medik.
| synonyms =
- Lavandula spica subsp. latifolia Bonnier & Layens [1894]
- Lavandula latifolia var. tomentosa Briq. [1895]
- Lavandula latifolia var. erigens (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy [1909]
- Lavandula interrupta Jord. & Fourr. [1868]
- Lavandula inclinans Jord. & Fourr. [1868]
- Lavandula guinandii Gand. [1875]
- Lavandula erigens Jord. & Fourr. [1868]
- Lavandula decipiens Gand. [1875]
- Lavandula cladophora Gand.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tela-botanica.org/eflore/BDNFF/4.02/nn/38095/synonymie |title=Sinonimia en Tela Botánica |access-date=2011-01-17 |archive-date=2011-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719133225/http://www.tela-botanica.org/eflore/BDNFF/4.02/nn/38095/synonymie |url-status=dead }}
- Nard rustique, italien Panckoucke, Dictionnaire des sciences médicales, vol. 35 [1819]
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Lavandula latifolia, known as broadleaved lavender,{{PLANTS|id=LALA13|taxon=Lavandula latifolia|access-date=23 January 2016}} spike lavender, aspic lavender or Portuguese lavender, is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to the western Mediterranean region, from central Portugal to northern Italy (Liguria) through Spain and southern France. Hybridization can occur in the wild with English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia).
The scent of Lavandula latifolia is stronger, with more camphor, and more pungent than Lavandula angustifolia scent. For this reason the two varieties are grown in separate fields.
Description
Lavandula latifolia is a strongly aromatic shrub growing to 30–80 cm tall. The leaves are evergreen, 3–6 cm long and 5–8 mm broad.
The flowers are pale lilac, produced on spikes 2–5 cm long at the top of slender, leafless stems 20–50 cm long. Flowers from June to September, depending on weather.
The fruit is a nut, indehiscent, monosperm of hardened pericarp. It consists of 4 small nuts which often remain locked inside the calyx tube. Grows from 0 to 1,700 m amsl.Bolòs and Vigo Flora dels Països Catalans Barcelona 1990
Etymology
Chemical composition
- Camphor (10.8–23.2%){{cite journal |last1=Salido |first1=Sofía |last2=Altarejos |first2=Joaquín |last3=Nogueras |first3=Manuel |last4=Sánchez |first4=Adolfo |last5=Luque |first5=Pascual |title=Chemical Composition and Seasonal Variations of Spike Lavender Oil from Southern Spain |journal=Journal of Essential Oil Research |date=May 2004 |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=206–210 |doi=10.1080/10412905.2004.9698698}}
- Eucalyptol (28.0–34.9%)
- Borneol (0.9–3.6%)
- α-Pinene(? %)
- β-Pinene(0.8–2.6%)
- Caryophyllene (0.5–1.9%)
- Camphene(0.4–0.6%)
- Guaiazulene (? %)
- Linalool (27.2–43.1%)
- Geraniol (? %)
- Limonene (0.2–0.9%)
Uses
References
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Bibliography
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- Blumenthal M, Goldberg A, Brinckmann J. Herbal Medicine, Expanded Commission E Monographs. Integrative Medicine Communications, Newton. First Edition, 2000.
- Grases F, Melero G, Costa-Bauza A et al. Urolithiasis and phytotherapy. Int Urol Nephrol 1994; 26(5): 507–11.
- Paris RR, Moyse H. Matière Médicale. Masson & Cia., Paris; 1971. Tome .
- PDR for Herbal Medicines. Medical Economics Company, Montvale. Second Edition, 2000.
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