The wild dagga is a fast-growing, soft-woody, durable shrub which grows up to 2-3m tall and 1.5 m broad. The bush is included primarily upright branched stems covered with multiple ball-shaped florescences which birth the nectar-rich brilliant orange blossoms which extend from the spikey calyx which safeguards the buds and also later the seeds. The stems are velvety, woody at the base and distinctly square in cross section. The stems are weak and can barge in strong winds. Flowering time remains in summer, from November to January in some areas and also from mid-autumn to wintertime in others. Leonotis leonurus is largely bird pollinated and the flower discussion and pollination systems are all structured to sustain this type of pollinator. The flowers consist of pleasant nectar that bring in lots of nectivorous birds such as sunbirds which include the Whitebellied, Black, Yellowbellied, Olive, Collared as well as Marico Sunbirds. Leonotis leonorus has a chemical constituent leonurine that has actually been reported to be made use of in traditional medicine for treating a variety of conditions consisting of headaches, coughs, fever, bronchial asthma, haemorrhoids and also dysentery. A solution created out of the leaf and origin is additionally utilized in dealing with snakebites along with an all-natural treatment or beauty to keep serpents away. A mixture of the blossom and fallen leave is utilized to treat tapeworm. The twigs of this plant can be added right into a warm bathroom to calm diseases such as scratchy skin and assists to ease cramps in the muscles. Leonotis leonurus has likewise been reported as a slendering medicine.
