Sugar leaf
- Product number: 832900.1
- Origin: Northeastern Paraguay
- Latin: Stevia rebaudiana
Always a center of wonder, this annual plant from NE Paraguay. Chew on a leaf and you'll notice it: a pleasant natural sweetness, almost unmatched anywhere else in nature! Delicious to snack on, or to use in coffee, tea, or dishes like red cabbage and rhubarb. The plant slowly adapts to the autumn cold, but bringing it indoors in time can extend its lifespan, although our short winter days are not ideal... The leaves can be dried and ground into a powder for a long-lasting, homegrown sweetener!
Names:
Latin: Stevia rebaudiana
Dutch: Suikerblad
Also: Honingplantje
English: Stevia
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- Flower colour: Small white flowers
- Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
- Attractive to insects:
- Annual or perennial: Annual
- Hardy: Not frost hardy
- Origin: Northeastern Paraguay
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Stevia rebaudiana
- Dutch: Sugar leaf
- Also known as: Honey plant
- English: Stevia
