Cyclopia meyeriana
Walp.
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Description
A shrub. It grows 2 m tall. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are 10-22 mm long by 0.5-1 mm wide. The edges curve under. The flowers are yellow.
Edible Uses
The leaves are brewed as a tea drink.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are used for tea drinks.
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Medicinal Uses
Traditionally used in leaf tea preparations.
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. In South Africa it grows near streams between 1,000-1,800 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Africa, South Africa*, Southern Africa,
References (3)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 57
- van Wyk, Ben-Erik, 2019, The diversity and multiple uses of southern African legumes. Australian Systematic Botany, 2019, 32, 519–546
- 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
