Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) Bertoni
Sugar Leaf / Daun manis (Bru.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
Precaution
Perennial herb that can reach up to 1 m tall. Leaves are simple, oppositely arranged, subsessile and glabrous. Leaf blade is spatulate-lanceolate, acute at apex, cuneate at base with serrate margin and tri-veined. Stems are semi-woody, hair\ and erect. Inflorescence a feZ
The leaves are bruised with some seeds of Nigella sativa (fennel flowers, black cumin) and bulbs of Allium cepa (onion) into a paste and made into a poultice to be rubbed on body parts to relieve backache and numbness. Leaves are also edible, used in cooking and
It thrives around the edges of marshes and in grasslands. It prefers infertile, sandy soil under sunny position.
Seeds and stem cutting.
Native to Brazil and Paraguay.
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