Stevia is a perennial plant from the
Chrysanthemum family, with the benefit of sweet-tasting leaves.
The plant was first classified in 1904 by
Swiss scientist Moises Santiago Bertoni who named it Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni
after himself. Bertoni first heard of the plant from the native people
during an expedition to the eastern part of Paraguay in 1887. It wasn't until
1888 that he received his first Stevia leaves from Northern Paraguay where it
was used to sweeten Mate tea. His initial evaluation in 1889 was that the
leaves belonged to the Eupatorium family and he gave the name Eupatorium
rebaudiana Bertoni.
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