South African Indigenous Flowering Grassland Plants

Gerbera ambigua

Flower of White Gerbera Gerbera ambigua with a beetle polinating it is a South African indigenous grassland plant HLEM Hlengiwe Luthuli Environmental Management (Pty) Ltd Durban KZN South Africa

Flower of White Gerbera, Gerbera ambigua a South African indigenous grassland plant with a beetle polinating it.

White Gerbera Gerbera ambigua a South African indigenous grassland plant HLEM Hlengiwe Luthuli Environmental Management (Pty) Ltd Durban KZN South Africa

White Gerbera Gerbera ambigua a South African indigenous grassland plant

Showing the white underside of the leaves of White Gerbera Gerbera ambigua a South African indigenous grassland plant HLEM Hlengiwe Luthuli Environmental Management (Pty) Ltd Durban KZN South Africa

White Gerbera, Gerbera ambigua showing the white underside of the leaves


Zulu Name
ucabazane
Family  Asteraceae
Scientific Name 
Gerbera ambigua
Endemism
Not endemic to South African
Distribution Widespread throughout Africa
Medicinal and
Traditional Uses

Pounded leaf infusions of Gerbera ambigua are used in Zulu traditional medicine for tapeworm and stomach ache, whereas root infusions are taken orally for coughs.


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This page was  created on 29.01.2018
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