Uses and Health Benefits of Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata) Introduction Larrea Tridentata is a group of closely related wild shrubs. It has a number of other common names. As a plant known as “creosote bush” and “greasewood”, as a medicinal herb known as “chaparral” and as “gobernadora” in Mexico. Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Zygophyllales Family: Zygophyllaceae Genus: Larrea Species: L. tridentata Binomial name: Larrea tridentate Common Name: Chaparro, Creosote bush, Dwarf evergreen oak,