Second purslane but i personally wouldn’t use it for tea, it’s kind of sour imo. It’s good in salads or stir fried or even pickled if she’s familiar with the process.
Spirited_Question
This doesn’t look like purslane, purslane has rounded leaves and this has pointy leaves. Don’t consume or make a tea out of it please
the_last_supper_
It looks like a kind of sedum, which may be good for stomach issues. Hoping someone with more knowledge of this can chime in.
Sedum sarmentosum it’s usually for digestion and anti inflammatory but it’s sour.
Ok_Blackberry_284
Why don’t you just ask the MIL?
macabre_disco
iNaturalist is a good app for these kinds of things also.
seventubas
It looks like Cathedral Window Haworthia..
Which is non-toxic for humans.
But it’s not recommended as like a food. It’s not very good so I can’t imagine the tea would be any good
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or a very similar plant. I should say I’m not guaranteeing if that specific one and because of that. It might not be non-toxic. It could be toxic.
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make mil drink first
Second purslane but i personally wouldn’t use it for tea, it’s kind of sour imo. It’s good in salads or stir fried or even pickled if she’s familiar with the process.
This doesn’t look like purslane, purslane has rounded leaves and this has pointy leaves. Don’t consume or make a tea out of it please
It looks like a kind of sedum, which may be good for stomach issues. Hoping someone with more knowledge of this can chime in.
Maybe Sceletium tortuosum… https://justea.net/the-benefits-of-kanna-tea/
It’s not purslane. Other than that idk
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Sedum sarmentosum it’s usually for digestion and anti inflammatory but it’s sour.
Why don’t you just ask the MIL?
iNaturalist is a good app for these kinds of things also.
It looks like Cathedral Window Haworthia..
Which is non-toxic for humans.
But it’s not recommended as like a food. It’s not very good so I can’t imagine the tea would be any good
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or a very similar plant. I should say I’m not guaranteeing if that specific one and because of that. It might not be non-toxic. It could be toxic.
It looks like some kind of stonecrop.
Pretty sure it’s Kanna (Sceletium tortuosum). It has [ethnobotanical uses](https://shaman-australis.com.au/product/sceletium-tortuosum-kanna-plant/)