Lemon Balm (香蜂草)

Claim & Evidence

Claim: 香蜂草 (xiāngfēngcǎo) is a Chinese botanical incense ingredient — Melissa officinalis — with an aroma profile of lemony, herbal, fresh, slightly sweet, green.

Evidence sources:

Source Type Evidence level Accessed
Melissa officinalis in Flora of China botanical Tier 2 — Academic / Museum / Institutional 2026-09-20
Melissa officinalis on GBIF taxonomy Tier 2 — Academic / Museum / Institutional 2026-09-20

Attributes

Field Value
Chinese 香蜂草
Pinyin xiāngfēngcǎo
Scientific name Melissa officinalis
Type ingredient
Aroma lemony, herbal, fresh, slightly sweet, green
Category Herbs

Relationships

Type Related entity
category Herbs
aroma Herbal
related Mint
related Basil
related Bergamot

Main Site

Read the full article: Lemon Balm on IncenseHerbs


Auto-generated from the LanDeng Open Datasets (single source of truth: datasets/*.json). See Format & Governance for data conventions.