Whether you choose to call it pork bush or elephant food, one thing is for sure.
This plant has excellent properties that every family should gain from.
Spekboom health benefits are numerous, especially to the environment.
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When the environment is healed, nature becomes forgiving and generally promotes better health for its inhabitants.
Here are a few ways through which spekboom is useful.
Benefits of spekboom
Spekboom bonsai s an indigenous plant that is common in South Africa.
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It is best known and appreciated for its amazing ability to heal the environment by helping purify the air.
It also helps prevent soil erosion due to the nature of its roots.
Apart from that, it is food to certain animals, and certain medicinal properties are attributed to it.
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The following are details of the gains that come from this plant.
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1.
Fights climatic change and improves the quality of breathable air
This plant has the ability to fix pollution.
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This it does by acting like a carbon sponge that sucks in all the unwanted carbon.
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3.
The plant is drought resistant and can thrive in harsh conditions hence its ability to withstand certain environmental hurdles.
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It is of great help in low maintenance gardens.
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4.
They are succulent and have citrus or lemon-like flavour that will help cool you down.
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In fact, they can be used to treat dehydration and exhaustion as used traditionally.
It is true that spekboom is excellent for the environment and can make a great substitute for dehydration.
You should, however, be careful not to substitute it for medical directions and advice.
The content herein is merely for information purposes and should not be taken as medical truth.
For the environment though, it does not help to try.
Anything that helps make the world better by clearing pollution should be welcomed.
She has a Bachelor of Commerce & IT from the University of Nairobi and joined Briefly.co.za in November 2019.
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