This Career Field Education and Training Plan (CFETP) is a comprehensive education and training document that identifies life-cycle education and training requirements, training support resources, and minimum core task requirements for this specialty.
1 Gorse flowers are bright yellow and similar to pea flowers, they smell of coconut and are up to 2cm across. 2  Gorse flowers are either solitary or in pairs and situated along the spines. 3  Gorse leaves are tiny and fall off the plant early in its growth.( 4 The spines are the leaves of the mature gorse plant). Gorse flowers are either solitary or in pairs and situated along the spines. 2  Gorse leaves are tiny and fall off the plant early in its growth. ( 3 The spines are the leaves of the mature gorse plant).
Yerba mate has a slight astringent bitter taste due to the high tannin content of the leaves. Researchers have found that leaves from younger plants possess more tannins than leaves from older, more mature trees.