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Can a person drink this plant after cooking it?


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18 Aug, 2010

 

The roots are poisonous as far as I can see and the sweet nectar would be destroyed by cooking.

18 Aug, 2010

 

I googled this plant, and found that in South Africa, the uncooked nectar is used to flavour food or drinks. I've never heard of this before, Emdeeasur, but it's apparently so.

18 Aug, 2010

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