Plant Information

Common Name: SAGE - SALVIA AFRICANA LUTEA – PURPLE
Scientific Name: Salvia africana lutea 'purple'

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R92.00

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Description

• Perennial
• A hardy, indigenous shrub that can grow up to 1.5m tall.
• Purple Sage looks the same than Brown Sage (Salvia africana-lutea) but ...
• The aromatic greyish-green leaves are a little smaller and the flowers are purple.
• Draught tolerant, needs full sun and prune to keep it neat.
• It is a good windbreak.

Culinary Uses

• Delicious in cooking.
• Good substitute for Garden Sage.
• Use in vegetable and pasta dishes, chicken, stews, roasts and in sauces.
• Add a sprig and fish it out before serving - it will imparts a delicious flavour but the sprig itself is bitter to eat.
• Use the flowers as a garnish in salads.

Parts Used

• The leaves, sprigs and flowers.

Medicinal Uses. It is said that

• Tea for coughs, colds and stomach ailments.

For Animals. It is said that

• The leaves are useful in potpourri, keeping their shape, colour and much of their fragrance.

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