Arisaema concinnum
Schott
Chinese cobra lily
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Description
A fleshy herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 75 cm high. The corm is rounded and 5 cm across. There are 7-11 leaflets. They are oblong to sword shaped and 15-30 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The leaf stalk is 60 cm long. The blade ends in a curved tail.
Edible Uses
The corms are eaten as a famine food but only after repeated boiling to remove oxalates.
Traditional Uses
The corms are eaten but only after repeated boiling. This removes the oxalates. It is used as a famine food.
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Known Hazards
The corms contain oxalates that must be removed through repeated boiling before consumption.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows in pine forest, broad-leaved forest between 2100-3100 m in China. They suit cool shady forest areas.
Where It Grows
Asia, Australia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Tibet,
Cultivation
They can be grown from corms or pieces of the rhizome.
Notes
There are about 150-170 Arisaema species.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Wange, Zhou xu nan xing
References (11)
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- Burkill, I.H., 1966, A Dictionary of the Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vol 1 (A-H) p 240
- Li Heng, Araceae, Flora of China
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- Lim, T. K., 2015, Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants. Volume 9, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs. Springer p 11
- PROSEA handbook Volume 9 Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. p166
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