cancer bush

Lessertia frutescens

Summary 2

Sutherlandia frutescens (cancer bush, balloon pea, or sutherlandia; syn. Colutea frutescens L., Lessertia frutescens (L.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning) is a southern African legume which has traditionally been used as an indigenous medicine for a variety of ailments.

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  1. (c) Erick Lux, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/botaniverse/4489008088/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lessertia_frutescens

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