Rooibos

Rooibos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Aspalathus
Species:	A. linearis
Binomial name
	Aspalathus linearis; (N.L.Burm.) R.Dahlgr.

Rooiboscode: af is deprecated (Afrikaans for "red bush"; scientific name Aspalathus linearis) is a member of the legume family of plants. Rooibos teas are herbal infusions made from a South African red bush.^[1]^[2]^[3] There are also green Rooibos teas.

Flowers

Plant

Rooibos Media

Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis)PICT2813
Organic green rooibos tea leaves purchased from Mountain Rose Herbs of Eugene, Oregon, United States.
Rooibos tea
Коробка з чаєм ройбуш у пакетах та заварений чай із молоком у горняті
A rooibos-infused liqueur and rooibos tea
A. linearis response to fire. Plants native to the Fynbos eco-region, like rooibos, are fire dependent, but rooibos varieties exhibit two different adaptions to fire.

References

↑ Morton, Julia F.. Rooibos tea,aspalathus linearis, a caffeineless, low-tannin beverage. Economic Botany 37 (2) (1983). p. 164–73. doi:10.1007/BF02858780.
↑ Krafczyk, Nicole. Structure-antioxidant relationship of flavonoids from fermented rooibos. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 53 (5) (2009). p. 635–42. doi:10.1002/mnfr.200800117.
↑ Theunissen, Izelle. Rooibos the healthy tea. Science in Africa (March 2005). Retrieved 2013-06-14.

Other websites

South African Rooibos Council
South African Medical Research Council research findings Archived 2013-02-21 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Morton, Julia F.. Rooibos tea,aspalathus linearis, a caffeineless, low-tannin beverage. Economic Botany 37 (2) (1983). p. 164–73. doi:10.1007/BF02858780.

[2] Krafczyk, Nicole. Structure-antioxidant relationship of flavonoids from fermented rooibos. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 53 (5) (2009). p. 635–42. doi:10.1002/mnfr.200800117.

[SIA-3] Theunissen, Izelle. Rooibos the healthy tea. Science in Africa (March 2005). Retrieved 2013-06-14.

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