- Region
- Africa
- Origin
- Fynbos of the Western and Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Traditions
- Khoi and San knowledge of rooibos
Africa · Food · № 807
Cyclopia intermedia
Food · Africa
Honeybush
Cyclopia intermedia
A caffeine-free, sweetish tea related to rooibos. Health effects have not been established.
Safety notes
Generally safe as an ordinary drink. Not a proven medicine.
Preparation
Leaves and stems are fermented, dried and steeped as tea.
Use in traditions
Long drunk as tea by Khoi communities and later inhabitants of the Cape. Since 2019 covered by the benefit-sharing agreement with the Khoi and San.
Applications
Use by tradition
How different herbal traditions describe this herb. Amounts are traditional guidelines checked for obvious errors; they are not medical advice. For poisonous plants no dosage is given on purpose.
African healing traditions
Attributed effects
Drunk as an everyday tea; in the Cape also for coughs and as a soothing drink.
Preparation and amount
Fermented, dried leaves and stems as tea.
- Ways to prepare herbs
- Tea (infusion)