5 Spekboom benefits that can improve your well-being and state

Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 4:30 PM by Peris Walubengo 3 min read

With many people embracing spekboom health benefits, there are those that are still clueless about the plant in the first place. Going by its numerous gains, every home in South Africa and the world should consider having this succulent - green leafed plant in the kitchen garden. Whether you choose to call it pork bush or elephant food, one thing is for sure. This plant has excellent properties that every family should gain from.

Spekboom health benefits are numerous, especially to the environment. When the environment is healed, nature becomes forgiving and generally promotes better health for its inhabitants. Here are a few ways through which spekboom is useful.

Benefits of spekboom

Spekboom bonsai s an indigenous plant that is common in South Africa. It is best known and appreciated for its amazing ability to heal the environment by helping purify the air. It also helps prevent soil erosion due to the nature of its roots. Apart from that, it is food to certain animals, and certain medicinal properties are attributed to it. The following are details of the gains that come from this plant.

1. Fights climatic change and improves the quality of breathable air

This plant has the ability to fix pollution. It is known to have the capacity of taking in about 4 to 10 tonnes of carbon from a hectare's environment. This it does by acting like a carbon sponge that sucks in all the unwanted carbon. Planting enough of spekboom could bring about transformation as far as global warming is concerned since excess carbon causes global warming.

2. It is used as food

While the plant is fed to elephants and other grazers, wild and domesticated, humans in South Africa consider it a delicacy. With the right spekboom resepte, you can come up with tasty salads that many people, more so those in the Eastern Cape would enjoy.

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3. Water-riser

Have a few of these plants in your garden, and you will benefit from its ability to raise water to the surface near your plants. The plant is drought resistant and can thrive in harsh conditions hence its ability to withstand certain environmental hurdles. It is of great help in low maintenance gardens.

4. Fits in all types of environments

Due to its unique photosynthetic procedures, this plant can thrive in desserts just as well as it would in rain forests. This means that it can be planted anywhere in the world to help clean the environment and restore lands that are considered destroyed.

5. Edible and can treat certain conditions

While no one is suggesting that you chop down a whole plate of the plant, spekboom medicinal uses could push you to do so, especially if you find yourself hiking in the region where they are in plenty. They are succulent and have citrus or lemon-like flavour that will help cool you down. In fact, they can be used to treat dehydration and exhaustion as used traditionally.

It is true that spekboom is excellent for the environment and can make a great substitute for dehydration. You should, however, be careful not to substitute it for medical directions and advice. The content herein is merely for information purposes and should not be taken as medical truth. For the environment though, it does not help to try. Anything that helps make the world better by clearing pollution should be welcomed.