Cyclopia,
better known by the common name Honeybush, is a genus of flowering
plants in the legume family, Fabaceae, of the subfamily Faboideae. The
description was published by Étienne Pierre Ventenat in 1808. The name
Ibbetsonia, published two years later, is regarded as a synonym of this
genus;[2] John Sims had commemorated the physiologist Agnes Ibbetson
with this name.[2] Another common name is 'Heuningbos' in Afrikaans.
The leaves of honeybush are commonly used to make an infusion in the same manner as tea. It grows only in small areas in the southwest and southeast of South Africa and has many similarities with rooibos. { wiki }
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