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Cordao (Klip Dagga) (Leonotis nepetifolia) potted plant, organic
$8.50
Family: Mint (Lamiaceae)
Fast-growing annual. Flowers in 60 days.
(Lion’s Ear, Klip Dagga) Self-seeding annual native to East and South Africa. Highly decorative, multi stemmed, with bristling whorls of long-tubed and curving orange flowers to 10 feet tall. Traditional usage (African tribal): The orange flowers are a smokable euphoric, source of phytocannabinoids. The leaf material was traditionally used as a poultice or decoction for treating insect stings and bites of venemous snakes, wounds, boils, eczema and other skin diseases. Taken internally for the treatment of malaria, diabetes, also demonstrating a cardiotonic and hypotensive effect. Coughs, colds, influenza, bropnchitis, asthma and viral hepatitis. Source of diterpenoic marrubiin. Plant prefers sun and regular garden soils. Space plants 2 feet apart.
Potted plant, Certified Organically Grown
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Rex (verified owner) –
Hello. As this is a member of the mint family, is it best grown in a container to prevent it from spreading?
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Richo Cech –
Hi Rex, Cordao can be grown in a container. Gets much larger if grown in the ground. Doesn’t need particularly fertile soil. Does not have rhizomatous roots–does not spread that way. Richo
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Eimi (verified owner) –
Hi Richo, I think you answered my question (I got a notification) but somehow neither of my question nor your answer is showing up, so I’m resubmitting again… Can cordao be propagated via cuttings? I need to trim back my plant, and it has lots of shoots that look like they have potential for propagation. Thank you much in advance!
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Richo Cech –
Hello Eimi, Sorry if this “comments” thing got glitchy. You can try this with cordao if you want, I don’t think it works. Richo
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Richo Cech –
Hello Eimi,
Thanks for staying in touch! It wouldn’t occur to me to try this but somebody in our staff did try last year and none of them took.
Richo
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