What is Zembrin?
Simply put, Zembrin comes from the succulent Sceletium plants (Sceletium Tortuosum) native to South Africa. These plants have green leaves and bloom with white and yellow flowers. The name is derived from the Latin word 'sceletus' (skeleton) because the distinctive veins on the dried leaves give the plant a skeletal appearance.
History of Sceletium Tortuosum
As mentioned earlier, the use of this plant goes back at least a thousand years. Historically, the plant was used by the indigenous San and Khoi hunter-gatherers to quench their thirst, fight fatigue, for healing and for social as well as spiritual purposes.
The first records of the 'kanna' plant were made by Dutch explorers in 1610, yet the San and the Khoi were already using kanna in the prehistory of the African continent. The Dutch explorers and traders considered the plant so valuable that they called it kougoed in their language Dutch and traded it in the Far East.