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Dagga, Wild

Dagga, Wild

Product number: 340905
Origin: South Africa
Latin: Leonotis leonurus

Beautiful plant from South Africa. The very elegant, orange flowers grow in clusters and emerge from a round bud cluster, several clusters one above the other. The plant is very popular not only for its very ornamental appearance but also for its calming, soothing tea, which even has euphoric effects. This is made from the dried flowers and leaves and drunk mixed with, for example, mint (for taste). In traditional medicine, the constituent leonurine is used against headaches, coughs, fever, asthma, hemorrhoids, and dysentery. You can find even more medicinal properties online. The leaves can be smoked (alongside tobacco) as a mild substitute for Cannabis. The narcotic properties are said to cause a calm sensation and euphoria. Fun for children: you can suck the wonderfully sweet nectar from the base of the flowers! The growth vigor is enormous: 1 m on poor soil and 2-3 m on fertile soil. Bees and butterflies love to visit the flowers, and the plants can overwinter frost-free.

Names:
Latin: Leonotis leonurus
Dutch: Dagga
Also: Mild Weed, Devil's Tobacco, Lion's Ear, Lion's Tail
English: Wild Dagga, Lion's Ear

Sowing method: Year-round in a warm place, preferably Feb-May. Sow in a mixture of coco peat and sand and do NOT cover the seeds, as they are light-germinators. Lightly press the seeds, place them in a bright spot (not in direct sunlight) and never let them dry out. Germination usually occurs within 4 weeks. Overwinter plants in a frost-free environment.

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