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Cyclopia intermedia
Also called Mountain Tea, Kouga Bush Tea, Mountain Honeybush
Cyclopia intermedia is a South African fynbos shrub in the pea family whose fermented leaves and stems make honeybush tea. Grow it in well-drained, acidic soil in full sun, and it is grown mainly for tea rather than as an ornamental.
Cyclopia intermedia is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. So called honeybush tea is made from fermented leaves and stems of this plant.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
