Buchu Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Buchu (Agathosma betulina), the round-leaf buchu, is a small evergreen shrub of the citrus family, Rutaceae, native to the fynbos of the Cedarberg and Western Cape mountains of South Africa, where it grows on rocky sandstone slopes and is also farmed. It reaches 1 to 2 meters with slender, woody stems and small, rounded, leathery leaves about a centimeter long, toothed at the edge and dotted with translucent oil glands that make the whole bush shimmer in sunlight. Star-shaped white to pale pink flowers appear in late winter. Rubbed, the leaves release a strong scent between blackcurrant, mint, and rosemary, from the compound diosphenol. We extract the dried leaf.