Welcome to Golden Bough Wholesale, LOGIN to see prices

Yerba Mate Roasted Cut

Product Info

  • Product Code: 1781
  • Sale Unit: LB
  • Availability:In Stock

Description

Description: Yerba mate, Ilex paraguariensis, begins as a shrub and then matures to a tree and can grow up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall. The leaves are evergreen, 7–110 millimetres (0.3–4.3 in) long and 30–55 millimetres (1.2–2.2 in) wide, with a serrated margin.

The leaves are often called yerba (Spanish) or erva (Portuguese), both of which mean "herb". The flowers are small, greenish-white, with four petals. The fruit is a red drupe 4–6 millimetres (0.16–0.24 in) in diameter.

Botanical Name: Ilex paraguariensis

Common Names: Yerba maté, maté, erva mate, congonha, erveira, Paraguay cayi, Paraguay tea

Medicinal Part: Root