Abstract
Ihtnoxwn since Biblical times (26) (36), but inI local commnnercial cultivation only in the 20th Century, rooibos or red tea is now beginning to be exported from South Africa as a desirable, drugless addition to world beverages. Its appeal to the eye, nose, and taste, together with its soothing and reputedly health-giving properties, is receiving a welcome wherever it has been introduced into world trade. Previously, its use had been limited to its indigenous production area, where it was of insufficient economic significance to be included in the senior author's (10) survey of the biology and economics of the beverage industry published in Economic Botany in 1947.
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