What is "ayapana"

n. ''Ayapana triplinervis'', a tropical American shrub

n. low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium [syn: Ayapana triplinervis, Eupatorium aya-pana]

Ayapana is a genus of perennial herbs in the sunflower family.

The species of Ayapana at times been classified in the genus Eupatorium. The leaves, at least of Ayapana triplinervis, are commonly used medicinally.

Ayapana is native to South America, Central America, and the West Indies.

1. Ayapana amygdalina (Lam.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Trinidad, Central + South America
2. Ayapana ecuadorensis R.M.King & H.Rob. - Ecuador
3. Ayapana elata (Steetz) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Peru, Panama, Costa Rica
4. Ayapana haughtii R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia
5. Ayapana herrerae R.M.King & H.Rob. - Panama
6. Ayapana hylophila (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia
7. Ayapana jaramillii R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia
8. Ayapana lanceolata R.M.King & H.Rob. - Bolivia, Peru, Pará
9. Ayapana lopez-palaciosii V.M.Badillo - Venezuela
10. Ayapana ornithophora (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia
11. Ayapana pilluanensis (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Venezuela, Peru
12. Ayapana robinsonii S.Díaz - Colombia
13. Ayapana stenolepis (Steetz) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia, Panama, Bolivia
14. Ayapana tovarensis (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Venezuela
15. Ayapana trinitensis (Kuntze) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Venezuela, Colombia, Trinidad
16. Ayapana triplinervis (Vahl) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, French Guiana, Ecuador, northern Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Pará)
17. Ayapana turbacensis (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Colombia, Ecuador