Scientific Name: Nashia inaguensis Millsp. el tuque
Family: Verbenaceae
Common names: Moujean tea, pineapple verbena.
Duration: Perennial Shrub Range: Caribbean - Bahamas. Scrublands
Height: 2 meters
Medicinal uses: None known Propagation: Seed, cuttings (spring and early summer with warm nights)
Hardiness zones: Zone 9b
Pests: Pit scale and mealy bugs, especially indoors or in areas with poor air circulation
Description: Moujean tea is a small, perennial, evergreen, shrub with long arching stems. The mature trunk is 3-4 inches.The leaves are very small, between 1/4′′-1/2′′ long, glossy, have a wrinkled surface texture, are covered in tiny hairs, and release a strong aroma of citrus/honey/vanilla when crushed. The inconspicuous, white, intensely fragrant, flowers, form in clusters at the leaf nodes. The white flowers are tiny and form in clusters. They have an intense fragrance of jasmine. The berries are reddish orange that are 1/2 in long beads. This shrub attracts bees, butterflies and bugs and is a host for the Atala butterfly.