Traditionally this pelargonium was used medicinally to cure colic, kidney ailments, diarrhoea, coughs and fevers. The leaves were used as a poultice for bruises, stings and abscesses.

PlantzAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa. http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantnop/pelargoniumcucull.htm

P. cucullatum was first recorded in 1687 as an emollient and a treatment for colic and nephritis (source: Scott, G. & Hewett, M.L., 2008, Pioneers in ethnopharmacology: The Dutch East India Company (VOC) at the Cape from 1650 to 1800, J. Ethnopharmacol. 115:339-360.

Van Wyk, B.E., Van Oudtshoorn, B Gericke, N. (2000). Medicinal Plants of South Africa, Briza Publications. 2nd ed p.216

Africa, Southern Africa, Cape Provinces