Bontia daphnoides
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Bontia
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves - tea
The leaves are used to make tea.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Antilles, Aruba, Bahamas, Brazil, Caribbean, Cayman Is., Central America, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Lesser Antilles, North America, Puerto Rico, South America, Trinidad-Tobago, USA, Venezuela, West Indies, Winward Is.,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Uruguay, St Vincent, Venezuela
How to Identify
A tropical shrub or small tree in the Scrophulariaceae family.
Medicinal Uses
It is used as medicine.
Notes
It is used as medicine.
Names & Synonyms
Bontia minor C. F. Gaertn.Jacquinia ruscifolia Steud.Regina gallorum Buc'hoz
References (2)
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 137
- Kew Plants of the World Online
