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What (who) is buchu - definition


Buchu      
m. Bras.
Planta rutácea, medicinal, (barosma crenata).
buchu      
sf
1 Bot Nome comum a várias espécies do gênero Barosma.
2 Farm As folhas secas das espécies Barosma betulina, B. crenulata e B. serratifolia, usadas como diuréticos e tônicos gástricos.
buchu      
s.m. (-1913 cf. CF 2 )
1 -angios design. comum aos arbustos do gên. Agathosma , da fam. das rutáceas, cultivados como ornamentais e esp. para a extração de óleos essenciais
1.1 -angios arbusto ( Agathosma betulina ) nativo da África do Sul, principal fornecedor do óleo de buchu
2 óleo extraído desses arbustos, us. contra a artrite, como antisséptico urinário e como imitação do aroma e do sabor da groselha
-etim prov. zulu bucu 'id.' -sin/var buchó
Examples of use of buchu
1. "Buchu is very lucrative," said Hedley Peter who farms in the Cederberg mountains north of Cape Town where buchu grows wild.
2. The South African herb buchu is now so valuable it is attracting poachers.
3. "In the last two seasons about 200,000 rand ($26,600) worth of buchu was stolen.
4. Buchu producers are even eyeing the world‘s giant soft drink producers, including Coca–Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc.
5. Until recently most buchu was harvested from wild plants, but the profits to be made have prompted scores of farmers to begin cultivating the shrub in irrigated fields in the Cederberg and elsewhere in South Africa . Mounting cultivation has cut the price of buchu and thefts have been curtailed by anti–poaching campaigns, mostly carried out by ex–soldiers.