Klipp Daga

Klip Dagga, Christmas Candlestick,  Cordao, Lion’s Ear, Leonotis Nepetifolia

This showy annual plant originates from Africa and Southern India but it has naturalized in Tropical areas worldwide. Medicinally, it has long been used for fevers, dysentary and snakebites while in the East Indies and Caribbean it is also used for colds, asthma and as a heart tonic. The plant is anti- inflammatory and helps with pain relief. Klip Dagga has square stems which can grow quite tall in fertile soil and they produce large quantities of showy tubular pinkish/orange blooms loved by pollinators of all kinds! Great addition to any medicinal garden. Hardiness zones 8-10.