Lessertia canescens
Goldblatt & J. C. Manning
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Description
A small shrub. It grows 40 cm tall. The leaves have leaflets and one at the end. The leaflets are broadly heart shaped and have silvery hairs on both ends. The flowers are red. The pods are large and inflated.
Edible Uses
The leaves are used to prepare tea drinks.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are used for tea drinks.
This uses section is brief — help expand it
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. In South Africa, it grows on coastal sands below 100 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 58
- 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
