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Home » Herbs » Oregano » Mexican Oregano

Mexican Oregano

Mexican oregano is actually used as a collective name for several different varieties of herbs, including Lippia graveolens, and Lippia berlandieri. Among the more common is Lippia graveolens.

The plants are perennial, but not cold hardy. They are not as sweet as the Mediterranean oregano, but they have a stronger oregano taste. While Mediterranean oregano is about 2 % of the essential oil, called “carvacrol”, Mexican varieties tend to be 3 to 4%.

The stems are stiffer than Mediterranean oregano.

The leaves are darker green and somewhat larger than Mediterranean oregano, growing ¼ to ½ inch (½ to 1 cm) long on a shrub that grows up to 7 feet (2 metres) tall, which blossoms with pink flowers throughout the summer. Fresh Mexican Oregano will likely have small flower buds on it.

The leaves have a sweet fragrance. The taste has aftertones of anise, like Mediterranean oregano, but up-front they have more of a grassy, floral taste.

Substitutes

Regular (Mediterranean) oregano

Other names

Scientific Name: Lippia berlandieri, Lippia graveolens

This page first published: Jun 21, 2004 · Updated: Jun 14, 2018.

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