Page 7 - Issue 2 2019 Cornwall Hill

Garden maTTers

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■ Spekboom plants are said to be
able to live around 200 years and

can sprout up to five meters tall.
■ The taste of the leaves can
change depending on the time of
day as the sun rises and sets.
■ The creators of The Great
Labyrinth of Africa, in Klapmuts,
aim to create a spekboom
plantation so large that it can be
seen from outer space.

■ A man with the name
Abraham Enzo van Vuuren, an
environmental activist, who
cycles all over the country to raise
environmental awareness, carries
a baby spekboom in a vial around
his neck.

■ Spekboom plants are very easy-
to-grow plants, enjoy plenty of
sunlight and can equally thrive as
a hedge in the ground, in a pretty
pot or as a bonsai tree.

■ With all its amazing medicinal
properties, one wonders if there
shouldn’t be some research into
the spekboom plant in the global
challenge of finding a cure or a
therapy for the COVID-19 virus?
Some food for thought!

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