Ballota africana (L.) Benth. A popular herb in the Cape, Ballota africana is easy to identify by its soft-grey, aromatic foliage and old brown calyces that remain long after the flowers have lost their colour. Ballota africana varies in height from 0.3 to 1.2 m tall.

Ballota africana include the treatment of insomnia or nervous stress, for which purpose it may be mixed with Valeriana capensis or Stachys hispida. This usage resembles that of black horehound, also a BHP subject, as a sedative, anti-emetic and mild astringent. In some districts Ballota africana is used as a remedy for influenza,

Ballota africana (L.) Benth. Filed as Canna indica L. [family CANNACEAE] [family LABIATAE]

A popular herb in the Cape, Ballota africana is easy to identify by its soft-grey, aromatic foliage and old brown calyces that remain long after the flowers have lost their colour. Ballota africana varies in height from 0.3 to 1.2 m tall.

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it. Ballota africana (L.) Benth. First published in Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 594 (1834) This name is a synonym of Pseudodictamnus africanus. Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2 (1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Ballota africana.] Govaerts, R. (2003).

Ballota africanat has a long history of medicinal use in S. Africa. The leaves have traditionally been used for relieving severe colic and as a snakebite remedy. In combination with Salvia species, they have been used to treat fevers and measles.

Common name: Kattekruid, Kattekruie, Cape horehound. Family: Lamiaceae (Mint) Distribution: Northern Cape, Western Cape. National red list: Least Concern. Life form: Herbaceous perennial. Usage: Medicinal. Comments: The Khoi and Nama often used the leaves in combination with Salvia species, for fevers and measles.

Ballota (horehound) is a genus of flowering evergreen perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Lamiaceae. native to temperate regions. The Mediterranean region has the highest diversity in the genus, with more isolated locations in South Africa, Central Asia, northern Europe, and the islands of the eastern North Atlantic.

Ballota africana (L.) Benth. This taxon was not selected in any one of four screening processes for highlighting potential taxa of conservation concern for detailed assessment and was hence given an automated status of Least Concern.

Ballota africana is the only species of Ballota in South Africa. It is most common in the more arid, ...