Mojave Nectar

Mojave Nectar is an herbal drink containing a large number of botanical ingredients, of which the main one is yucca Schidegra.

The yucca plant grows wild in the deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is a tall, flowering plant with sturdy fibrous leaves, some shaped like a Spanish bayonet having needle-like tips.

Yucca is a strong and tough plant. Its ability to withstand the extremes of the desert awed local inhabitants. Searing summer heat, freezing winter nights, gusting winds and long droughts had little effect on the yucca.

For centuries, the desert Indians of the American southwest used just about every part of the yucca plant for food, housing, soap, clothing, and utensils. The Indians considered the importance of the yucca to be second only to water. All parts of the desert yucca were utilized: flower petals, seeds, seedpods, fruit, shoots, leaves, and roots. They were eaten raw, baked, boiled, made into flour, used as a sweetener or herbal tea. The yucca plant contains a natural soaplike substance called saponin that forms suds when agitated in water.

Yucca extract has been widely used in dry form and is available in capsules or tablets. But Mojave nectar features the liquid yucca Schidegra essence with a pleasant bitter taste.

Since the nineteen-sixties, much scientific research has been directed toward this wonderful desert plant, a true gift of nature that more people all over the world can enjoy.

Flora Beverage Co. Ltd. of Calgary, Alberta, Canada is uniquely qualified to manufacture this great herbal preparation.

We take advantage of our clean western Canadian environment, use only the best botanical ingredients, and apply our hand's on manufacturing experience dating back to 1921.