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| Plant Type : | Shrub | ||
| Height : | Up to 1 m | ||
| Evergreen : | Deciduous | ||
| Indigenous : | Indigenous | ||
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| Position : | Full Sun | ||
| Moisture : | Average water | ||
| Soil : | Sandy Soil | ||
| Wind : | Wind Resistant | ||
| Frost : | Frost Resistant | ||
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| Type : | Needle-like Leaves | ||
| Colour : | Green | ||
| Use : | Medicinal | ||
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| Type : | Small Flowers | ||
| Time : | Autumn - Spring | ||
| Colour : | Pink | ||
| Use : | Decorative | ||
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| Fruit : | Fruit | ||
| Colour : | Red | ||
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NOTE: Chewing on small amounts of fermented leaves can help with sleeplessness. A tea/infusion brewed from stems and leaves are used to assist with abdominal pain and tuberculosis, as well as a general tonic or bitter digestive. It is a remedy for treating colds, flu and bronchitis when brewed with Lebeckia multiflora. The Tswana people use the root in a preparation for the treatment of malaria. The fruits are rich in Vitamin C and are quite thirst-quenching.
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