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(also referred to as...)

Bookoo, Buku, Bucku, Bucco

Latin Name: Barosma betulina, B. crenulata, B. serratifolia

Family: Rutaceae

 
Description

There are two kinds of buchu: the long and the short. The short ones are medicinally superior. Both shrubs grow in the Cape Province of South Africa. Native South Africans historically used the leaves as body perfume, mixing them with oil.

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