Stachys aethiopica
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Description
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems are 50 cm long. They can be hairy. The leaves are broadly oval and 8-35 mm long by 6-25 mm wide. The flowering arrangements are loose lower down and in tighter rings higher up.
Edible Uses
The leaves are used to make tea drinks.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are used to make tea drinks.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland,
Synonyms
Betonica capensis Burm.f.Stachys attenuata Skanand others
References (2)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 71
- 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
