Rooibos plants
Photo by Amada44 [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons
Leaves of Rooibos are first oxidized and are then used to prepare a kind of tea with a reddish color.
Names
Scientific
Aspalathus linearis
English
Bush tea
Red tea
Redbush tea
Rooibos
South African red tea
Dutch
Rooibos
Rooibosch
Spanish
Rooibos
French
Rooibos
German
Rooibos
Italian
Rooibos
Taxonomy
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Aspalathus
Species
Aspalathus linearis (Rooibos)
Crop categories
Arid crops
Herbs
Medicinal plants
Mediterranean crops
Minor crops
Subtropical crops
Pictures
Rooibos tea