Cyclopia subternata
Vogel
Vlei tea
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves - tea, Stems - tea, Flowers - tea
The stems, leaves, and flowers are brewed as tea drinks.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Africa, 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 compact shrub. It grows about 1 m tall. The flowers are in large heads and are bright yellow. The flowers then turn red and fade to brown.
Names & Synonyms
Probably now Cyclopia falcata
References (11)
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