Cynanchum chinense
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Description
A twining herb plant. It grows 4 m tall. It is hairy. The leaves are opposite and broadly triangle or heart shaped. They are 3-9 cm long by 2-7 cm wide. The flowering shoots fork at the first flower. The flowers are white. The fruit is a cylinder shaped follicle 8-13 cm long by 5-8 mm wide. The seeds are oblong.
Edible Uses
The young fruit are eaten raw.
Traditional Uses
The young fruit are eaten raw.
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Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It north China it grows along roadsides and riverbanks from sea level to 500 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Korea, Mongolia,
Notes
There are about 150 Cynanchum species.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Yangnaijjiao
References (7)
- "Chinese Nutrition Journal", 2002, Vol 23(8) p 298
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of wild edible plants in Mongolian cuisine
- Jia, X., et al, 2022, Ethnobotany of wild edible plants in multiethnic areas of the Gansu–Ningxia–Inner Mongolia junction zone. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 18:53
- Khasbagan, Hu-Yin Huai, and Sheng-Ji pei, 2000, Wild Plants in the Diet of Athorchin Mongol Herdsmen in Inner Mongolia. Economic Botany 54(4): 528-536
- Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1:44. 1810
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- Sachula, et al, 2020, Wild edible plants collected and consumed by the locals in Daqinggou, Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2020) 16:60
- Urgamal, M., Oyuntsetseg, B., Nyambayar, D. & Dulamsuren, Ch. 2014. Conspectus of the vascular plants of Mongolia. (Editors: Sanchir, Ch. & Jamsran, Ts.). Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. “Admon“ Press. 334pp. (p. 79-90).
