Tetrastigma harmandii
Planchon
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Description
A woody vine. It has simple tendrils. The leaves are compound with 3-7 leaflets. The fruit is an almost round berry. It is 1.5 cm across. It is brown. They are in clusters of 4-15.
Edible Uses
The sour leaves and fruit are used to colour and sour fish dishes. The fruit can be cooked with other foods to add flavour or used for making jellies.
Traditional Uses
The sour leaves and fruit are used to colour food. They are also used to sour fish dishes. The fruit can be cooked with other foods to add flavour. They can also be used for jellies.
Medicinal Uses
A decoction of the plant is used internally as a powerful diuretic The decoction is applied to the skin as a treatment against scabies.
Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows in thickets at low and medium altitudes.
Where It Grows
Asia, Cambodia, Cuba, Indochina, Laos, Pacific, Philippines, SE Asia, Vietnam, West Indies,
Cultivation
A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.
Propagation
Seed - Stem cuttings Layering.
Other Uses
A fibre from the stems produces a poor kind of rope.
Also Known As
Alupidan, Arinat, Ariwat, Kantoop, Orro
References (11)
- Brown, W.H., 1920, Wild Food Plants of the Philippines. Bureau of Forestry Bulletin No. 21 Manila. p 108
- A. L. P. P. de Candolle & A. C. de Candolle, Monogr. phan. 5:425. 1887
- Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 245
- Ferns, Useful Tropical Plants.
- Maghirang, R. G., et al, 2018. Ethnobotanical Studies of Some Plants Commonly Used as Vegetables in Selected Provinces of the Philippines. Journal of Nature Studies. 17(2), 30-43.
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- Martin, F.W. & Ruberte, R.M., 1979, Edible Leaves of the Tropics. Antillian College Press, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. p 225
- Miguel, E., et al, 1989, A checklist of the cultivated plants of Cuba. Kulturpflanze 37. 1989, 211-357
- PROSEA handbook Volume 13 Spices. p 280 and No. 2
- Tanaka,
- Uphof,
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
