Cyclopia buxifolia
(Burm. f.) Kies
Bush tea
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Description
Bush tea is a shrub in the Fabaceae family adapted to Mediterranean climates and arid places.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are used to make an attractive tea drink.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are used for tea.
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Distribution
It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It can grow in arid places.
Where It Grows
Africa, South Africa*, Southern Africa,
Other Information
It makes an attractive tea drink.
Synonyms
Cyclopia cordifolia Benth.Cyclopia latifolia Benth.Cyclopia latifolia DC,Genista buxifolia Burm. f.
References (7)
- Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 225
- Plowes, N. J. & Taylor, F. W., 1997, The Processing of Indigenous Fruits and other Wildfoods of Southern Africa. in Smartt, L. & Haq. (Eds) Domestication, Production and Utilization of New Crops. ICUC p 189
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 57
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 28th April 2011]
- van Wyk, Ben-Erik, 2019, The diversity and multiple uses of southern African legumes. Australian Systematic Botany, 2019, 32, 519–546
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- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
