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Stevia rebaudiana is a plant species in the genus Stevia of the family Asteraceae. It is commonly known as candyleaf, sweetleaf or sugarleaf. [1] [2] It is a small seasonal plant which grows to a height of 30–60 centimetres (1–2 feet). [2] It has elongated leaves that grow along the stems and are lined up against each other.
Stevia (/ ˈ s t iː v i ə, ˈ s t ɛ v i ə /) [1] [2] is a sweet sugar substitute that is about 50 to 300 times sweeter than sugar. [3] It is extracted from the leaves of Stevia rebaudiana, a plant native to areas of Paraguay and Brazil. [4] [5] The active compounds in stevia are steviol glycosides (mainly stevioside and rebaudioside).
Exports of Stevia extracts (especially sweeteners) and of the leaves during the period 2007–2014 reached a cumulative total of USD 7,600,000. [1] The main export destinations of Stevia from Paraguay in 2014 were the European Union (47%), China (37%), the wider Mercosur area [ a ] (11%), United States (1%), and Rest of the World (4%).
Human use of the sweet species S. rebaudiana originated in South America. [10] The species Stevia rebaudiana is widely grown for the sweet compounds (steviol glycosides) extracted from its leaves, sold as a sugar substitute under the generic name stevia and several trade names. [11]
They also occur in the related species S. phlebophylla (but in no other species of Stevia) and in the plant Rubus chingii . [1] Steviol glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana have been reported to be between 30 and 320 times sweeter than sucrose, [2] although there is some disagreement in the technical literature about these numbers.
Stevia is a sweetener and sugar substitute made from the leaves of the plant species Stevia rebaudiana. Stevia may also refer to: Stevia rebaudiana, the plant species used for making stevia sweeteners; Stevia, the genus of about 240 species of herbs and shrubs that includes Stevia rebaudiana
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My recollection from botany class is that plants in the family Asteraceae have heads of multiple mini flowers (often without petals of their own) with many petal-like bracts around them (like Asters, Daisies, Sunflowers, etc., click on the Asteraceae link) and the picture of Stevia rebaudiana flowers looks like a cyme of fully formed single ...