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| Plant Type : | Sub Shrub | ||
| Height : | Up to 1 m | ||
| Evergreen : | Evergreen | ||
| Indigenous : | Indigenous | ||
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| Position : | Full Sun | ||
| Moisture : | Average water | ||
| Soil : | Light Soil | ||
| Wind : | Wind Resistant | ||
| Frost : | Some Frost | ||
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| Type : | Furry Leaves | ||
| Colour : | Light Green | ||
| Use : | Medicinal | ||
| Other : | Fragrant | ||
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| Type : | Small Flowers | ||
| Time : | Spring / Summer | ||
| Colour : | Pink | ||
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| Fruit : | Unspecified | ||
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NOTE: The rose-scented pelargonium is cultivated for its oil of geranium. The sweetly scented leaves are a wonderful skin softener. The leaves can be rubbed into the hands to soothe calluses and scratches, into heels to soften horny, cracked skin and can be tied to a piece of muslin and used in the bath as a skin and wash treatment which also soothes rashes. A tea made from leaves was an old remedy used by people from the Cape to treat kidney and bladder ailments, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and flatulence.
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