Lepidium bidentatum
Montin
Scurvy grass, Pepperwort
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Description
A cabbage family herb. It is low lying and succulent. It can grow 50 cm tall. The leaves are leathery and green. The flowers are white and in clusters.
Edible Uses
The leaves are eaten raw or cooked as a relish and are pungent.
Traditional Uses
It is eaten as a relish. It is pungent. They are eaten raw or cooked.
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Distribution
A tropical plant. It grows on limestone, basalt rock and coral sand close to the sea. It can grow in sandy soil.
Where It Grows
Hawaii, Kiribati, Marquesas, Pacific, Society Is., Tuamotu, USA,
Cultivation
Plants can be grown from seeds.
Notes
There are about 150 Lepidium species.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Fish Poison, Kunana, Naunau
References (4)
- Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 1333
- Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 377 (As Lepidium piscidium)
- Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 6:324, t. 5. 1778
- Whistler, A. S., Edible vascular plants of the Line Islands. Pacific Health Dialog. Vol. 3 No. 2
