🌍African Traditional Medicine
Borage (African)
Anchusa capensis
About Borage (African)
Borage (African) (Anchusa capensis) is a herb used in the African Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Respiratory Issues, Skin Health, and Fever. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Anchusa capensis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to Namibia, South Africa and Lesotho. The genus Anchusa is from the Greek word anchousa, which makes reference to its use as a dye base for cosmetic paint obtained from the roots of another plant in the genus Anchusa tinctoria. The species capensis translates to ‘from the Cape’ referring to South Africa
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · bothLeaves · both