Leysera gnaphalodes
L.
Geelblommetjiestee
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves - tea, Stem - tea
The leaves and stems are brewed into an aromatic, sweet tea.
Where to Find It
It is a Mediterranean plant. It grows between 30-1,900 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.
Africa, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Africa,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A herb or small shrub. It grows 50 cm high. The leaves are simple and alternate. They are narrow and grey green. They are 20-25 mm long by 1 mm wide. The flowers are daisy like and occur as single heads. They are on a long slender stalk. The flowers are yellow.
Other Information
It is an attractive aromatic sweet tea.
Names & Synonyms
Duinetee, Hongerbos, Hongertee
Asteropterus dinteri Rothm.Asteropterus gnaphalodes (L.) Rothm.Asteropterus gracilis Rothm.Asteropterus incanus (Thunb.) Rothm.Callisia gnaphalodes L.Leysera gnaphaloides L.Leysera incana Thunb.Leysera tenuifolia Salisb.and others
References (6)
- Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 34
- Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 123
- 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 11th April 2011]
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 35
- van Wyk, B-E., 2011, The potential of South African plants in the development of new food and beverage products. South African Journal of Botany 77 (2011) 857–868
- 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
