Helichrysum nudifolium

(L.) Less.

Hottentot's tea

Asteraceae Edible: Leaves - tea, Leaves 3,527 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A herb. It is erect and robust. It grows up to 1.5 m high. It has stout underground runners. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are long and narrowly oval. They are hairy underneath. The flowers are in loose heads on branched flower stalks. They are pale yellow.

Edible Uses

The leaves are eaten fresh or dried to make herbal tea.

Traditional Uses

The leaves are eaten. They are also used to make herbal tea.

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Medicinal Uses

Traditionally used in herbal medicine preparations.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It can grow in mountain forest and grassland. It grows between 1,500-3,050 m altitude. In Zimbabwe it grows between 1,470-1,880 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.

Where It Grows

Africa, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo, East Africa, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Middle East, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, West Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,