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Cyclopia genistoides

Plant
Common names: Honeybush tea, Heuningbos
Family: Fabaceae

Liesl Van der Walt Honeybush tea, Heuningbos Kirstenbosch NBG Cyclopia genistoides is a ... Cyclopia genistoides (L) R.Br. Cyclopia genistoides The tea, made from the shoots of the shrub, contains no caffeine ... content than the oriental teas. Traditionally, honeybush tea was made from Cyclopia genistoides, which occurs ...

25/09/2000 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aspalathus linearis

Plant
Common names: rooibos tea (Eng.), rooibostee, bossietee (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

Marcini Govender rooibos tea (Eng.), rooibostee, bossietee (Afr.) National Herbarium ... seeds which are obtained from the local rooibos tea management board have been treated and germinate easily. ... of the Cederberg area and is currently a very popular tea. It is considered healthy as it is caffeine-free, low in ...

25/06/2007 | Marcini Govender | National Herbarium Pretoria

Cyclopia pubescens

Plant
Common names: Algoa honeybush, fluffy honeybush (Eng.); Algoa-heuningtee, donsigheuningtee (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

... called honeybush or heuningtee in Afrikaans because the tea made from the leaves and flowers of Cyclopia genistoides ... Several species of Cyclopia are used to make honeybush tea, and the name honeybush is now commonly used for all ... pubescens Cyclopia species are used to produce honeybush tea, hence are generally well-known as honeybush or ...

20/09/2021 | Vathiswa Zikishe | CREW

Catha edulis

Plant
Common names: Bushman's tea (Eng.); Boesmanstee (Afr.); umhlwazi (Zulu); iqgwaka (Xhosa); khat (Arabic)
Family: Celastraceae

Mhlonishwa D Dlamini Bushman's tea (Eng.); Boesmanstee (Afr.); umhlwazi (Zulu); iqgwaka (Xhosa); khat (Arabic) Walter Sisulu NBG Bushman's tea is a shrub to small tree growing up to 10 m tall. The ... also be sown straight into the prepared ground. Bushman's tea also grows quickly from root cuttings. Cuttings of new ...

17/02/2003 | Mhlonishwa D Dlamini | Walter Sisulu NBG

Cyclopia meyeriana

Plant
Common names: Meyer honeybush tea (Eng.); woltee, heuningtee (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

Nomama Mei Meyer honeybush tea (Eng.); woltee, heuningtee (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG Erect, ... known as honeybush, an indigenous South African herbal tea that has a pleasant sweet flavour. Honeybush was first ... its common name from the honey-flavoured herbal ‘bush’ tea that is made from its leaves. Many species of Cyclopia , ...

23/05/2016 | Nomama Mei | Kirstenbosch NBG

Cassine peragua

Plant
Common names: Cape saffron, bastard saffron, false saffron, bastard saffronwood (Eng.); bastersaffraan, lepelhout (Afr.); iKhukhuzi (Xhosa); umKhukhuze, umBofanyamogone (Zulu)
Family: Celastraceae

... very similar species from Paraguay known as the Paraguay tea or south-sea tea. It appears that Linnaeus confused our species for the Paraguay tea. He therefore based the specific name on the common name ...

20/06/2005 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Salvia disermas

Plant
Common names: wild giant sage, Transvaal sage Eng.; grootsalie, teesalie Afr.; mogasane (Tswana)
Family: Lamiaceae

... disermas ' aromatic leaves are used as a substitute for tea and used in cooking, although very sparingly. A lotion ... scrapes, scratches and sores. A little of this brew or a tea is taken as a tonic to re-energize the body after a long ... and to bring down fevers. A teaspoon at a time of this tea is a good heartburn remedy. Lotion is made by steeping ...

26/01/2009 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Salvia africana

Plant
Common names: blue African sage, blue sage, wild sage, African sage, purple sage (Eng.); blousalie, bloublomsalie, Afrikaansesalie, perdesalie, wildesalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... and to flavour food. A remedy made by mixing S. africana tea with Epsom salts and lemon juice was used by the early ... treat fevers and measles. Margaret Roberts recipe for sage tea is to pour one cup of boiling water over one tablespoon ... menstruation, drink half a cup four times a day. The tea is also an excellent gargle for sore throats and night ...

07/01/2008 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Lydenburgia cassinoides

Plant
Common names: Sekhukhuni bushman's tea (Eng.); sekhukhuni-boesmanstee (Afr.); mohlolodi (Northern Sotho)
Family: Celastraceae

Ntsakisi Masia Sekhukhuni bushman's tea (Eng.); sekhukhuni-boesmanstee (Afr.); mohlolodi ... being L. abbottii, commonly known as the Pondo Bushman’s Tea, occurring on the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape border, ... a general medicine and the leaves are chewed or taken as a tea. A 2012 scientific study has indicated that leaf extracts ...

06/02/2023 | Ntsakisi Masia | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership

Agathosma crenulata

Plant
Common names: buchu, long-leaf buchu (Eng.); boegoe, langblaar boegoe, regteboegoe, anysboegoe (Afr.); buchu (Khoi); ibuchu (Xhosa)
Family: Rutaceae

... helps to ease backache and rheumatism. How to make buchu tea and buchu brandy Buchu is helpful when drunk as a tea, for urinary tract infection and mild digestive ... for gout and rheumatism when taken daily. Prepare the tea by pouring a cup of boiling water over one or two ...

07/07/2003 | Norma Jodamus | Kirstenbosch NBG

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