The history and ethnobotany of Cape herbal teas

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 110, Issue , 2017, Pages 18-38

  Van Wyk, B E ^a   Gorelik, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aspalathus spp; Cape Province; Cyclopia spp; Honeybush tea; Rooibos tea; South Africa; Traditional teas

Indexed keywords

CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; DICOTYLEDON; DRINKING; ETHNOBOTANY; HISTORICAL RECORD; HISTORICAL TIME (HUMAN HISTORY); SOCIAL HISTORY; TEA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AGATHOSMA; ASPALATHUS; ASPALATHUS LINEARIS; CATHA; HELICHRYSUM; LESSERTIA; LEYSERA; LEYSERA GNAPHALODES; MENTHA; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM; PLECOSTACHYS; RAFNIA; STACHYS; VISCUM;

EID: 85008219785     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2016.11.011     Document Type: Review

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