Gynura nepalensis
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Description
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It is robust and 30-45 cm tall. It is woody at the base. The leaves are on the upper part of the stem. They are narrowly oval and 3-20 cm long by 1-6 cm wide. There are several heads of flowers that are 1 cm across. They are in loose groups at the top of the plant.
Edible Uses
Young twigs and flowers are eaten raw as a vegetable. It is also used for making salt.
Traditional Uses
Young twigs and flowers are eaten raw as a vegetable. It is also used for making salt.
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Medicinal Uses
The juice of the plant is applied to cuts and wounds.
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. It grows on rocks and the edges of fields by streams between 1,100-2,100 m above sea level in southern China. In Yunnan.
Where It Grows
Asia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Thailand,
Cultivation
A plant mainly of the warm temperate to subtropical zones, entering the tropics in Myanmar and Thailand.
Propagation
Seed - Cuttings of half-ripe wood.
Other Information
Occasionally sold in markets.
Notes
There are about 100 Gynura species. They are mostly in the tropics.
Also Known As
Haliang-hamang, Tera paibi, Tobow
References (5)
- Gangwar, A. K. & Ramakrishnan, P. S., 1990, Ethnobotanical Notes on Some Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, Northeastern India. Economic Botany, Vol. 44, No. 1 pp. 94-105
- Lim, T. K., Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants Volume 7 Flowers
- Lokho, K. & Narasimhan, D., 2013, Ethnobotany of Mao-Naga Tribe of Manipur, India. Pleione 7(2): 314-324
- Prodr. 6:300. 1838
- Singh, P.K., Singh, N.I., and Singh, L.J., 1988, Ethnobotanical Studies on Wild Edible Plants in the Markets of Manipur - 2. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Vol. 12 No. 1 pp 113-119
