Boekenhout honey
Faurea saligna
Honey from the creamy white flowers of Faurea saligna, a relative of the proteas, from the bushveld of northern South Africa. It is dark reddish-brown, very viscous and granulates slowly.
- Origin
- South Africa (Bushveld, Gauteng, Limpopo)
- Colour
- 120 mm · dark amber
- Taste
- strong, malty
- Crystallization
- slow
- Plant
- Faurea saligna · boekenhout (Faurea) →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
It does not yield well every year: veld fires and dry soil during bud formation and flowering reduce the crop.
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