It is native to subtropical South America, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, and South Brazil. It is Often served as a tea or an infusion with different fruit juices.The yerba mate plant is a shrub or small tree growing up to 15 meters tall. The leaves are evergreen, 7–11 cm long and 3–5.5 cm wide, with a serrated margin. The flowers are small, greenish-white, with four petals. The fruit is a red drupe 4–6 mm in diameter. Mate contains xanthine derivatives, caffeine, theobromine and theophylline, the major being caffeine. Caffeine content varies between 0.7% and 1.7% of dry weight(compared with 0.4 –9.0% for tes leaves, 2.5-7.6% in guarana, and up to 3.2% for ground coffee), theobromine content varies from 0.3 -0.9%; theophylline is present in small quantities, or can be completely absent.A substance previously called "mateine" is a synonym for caffeine (like theine and guaranine).Mate also contains elements such as potassium, magnesium and manganese.
Product Details - Botanical Name: I lex paraguariensis
- Family Name: Aquifoliaceae
- Common Names: Erva mate or yerba mate,
yerba mate, erva -mate - Part Used: Leaves
- Habitat: Subtropical Regions
- Product offered: Leaves, Extract
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