Leucas pechuelii
(Kuntze) Baker
White foxtail, Horse bush
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves - tea, Flowers - tea, Medicine
The leaves and flowers are brewed as tea.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It has been collected at 1,000 m above sea level.
Africa, Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe,
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. It can grow 1 m tall. The leaves are grey-green and oval. They are 1.5-4 cm long by 1-1.5 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped and there are a few small teeth in the upper third. The flowering shoots are 10-20 cm long. There are 3-10 flowers in a group.
Names & Synonyms
Damara, Erombora, Nama
Lasiocorys pechuelii KuntzeLeonotis pechuelii (Kuntze) J. C. Manning & GoldblattLeucas altissima Engl.Leucas pechuelii (Kuntze) Gurke
References (1)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
