**2.13.** *Salvia* **genus**

The genus *Salvia* is known as sage and is the largest genus in Lamiaceae, comprising over 900 species distributed throughout the world. *Salvia is* represented by 30 species in SA, distributed mainly in great cape region. The chemistry of *Salvia* is rich in diterpenoids and different skeletons have been reported, also, many members of this genus is well known for its curative and medicinal properties like *S. officinalis* and *S. miltiorrhiza*.
