iP.sidoides yamakethwa kucala ngu Charles Henry Stevens wase Britain ngemnyaka wa 1897 njengemutsi lowelapha iTB. Bekwatiwa ngekutsi "Kwelapha kwa Stevens" kepha kwaphuma ekutsandvweni ngemuva kwekukhula kwe 'makhemikhali' ekulapha. Noma, kufundza lokwehlukahlukene sekuvunyiwe kutsi iP.sidoides' yindlela yekulapha emagciwane.
Ingaphindze isetjentiswe ekwelapheni kugula lokufana nekukhwehlela, kushisa kwemtimba, buhlungu bemphimbo, kanye nekudzinwa nekutiva ungenamandla. Lelishubhu lelomisiwe lelifakwa emantini lisetjentiswa ekwelapheni kusheka nekutseleleka kwesisu. Lokukhokhiwe kwe ethanolic kusetjentiswa ngendlela lelungile yemacembe leyatiwa ngekutsi yi Umkaloabo. Emacembe lomile noma emanti emacembe lomile asetjentiselwa sintfu.
Lesitjalo sisetentiswa ngesintfu bantfu bemaZulu ekwelapheni igonorrhoea, sifo semsheko kanye nekutseleleka kwesisu. Kuvuna kufaka kughumba letimphandze (emahlanga langaphansi layangasemaceleni) bese uyawajuba uphindze uwomise.
eNingizimu Afrika, le Pelargonium sidoides ihluma e Eastern Cape (ayimvelo futsi akalekile esigodzini se Amathole), eFree State nase Goli. Sikhokha titjalo letincane ngemuva kwekujutjwa bese sihluma kukhemikhali, emhlabatsini lodvonseke-kahle endzaweni leselangeni.