Essential oil composition of a medicinally important Cape species: Pentzia punctata (Asteraceae)

Pentzia punctata Harv. (Asteraceae) is one of 27 species occurring in southern and North Africa. It is a Cape species that is used in traditional medicine to treat stomach ailments and respiratory complaints. Pentzia punctata is locally known in the Cape as bergwildeals and is considered to be a more potent medicine than the well-known wildeals (Artemisia afra). An infusion of the leaves can be taken to treat colds. The leaf surfaces of this...