Thesium spicatum
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Description
A shrub. It is partly a parasite on other plants. It grows 50 cm tall. The branches are angled. The leaves are 8 cm long and 1 cm wide. They are pressed against the stems except for the tips which curve out. The flowers are in dense oblong spikes. They are whitish.
Edible Uses
The leaves are used to make tea drinks.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are used for tea drinks.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa,
References (2)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 100
- 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
