Debregeasia orientalis
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Summary
Source: WikipediaDebregeasia orientalis, common name yanagi ichigo, is a large shrub belonging to the family Urticaceae.
Description
A shrub. It grows 1-4 m tall. The branches are slender. The leaf blade can be narrow and 5-18 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. There are 3 main veins. The flowers are produced on the previous years growth. Flowers can appear before the leaves. The male flowers have short stalks and the female flowers are without stalks. The fruit is a small dry single seed with a fleshy layer around it.
Edible Uses
The fruit are eaten fresh as a snack or used for wine. Young shoots and flowers are eaten raw.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten fresh as a snack. They are also used for wine. The young shoots and flowers are eaten raw.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in shady moist places near streams. It can be in mountain valleys. It grows between 300-2,800 m above sea level in China. It grows in Sichuan and Yunnan.
Where It Grows
Asia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Japan, Nepal, SE Asia, Taiwan, Tibet,
Also Known As
Jiaojia, O ce bu, Pimi, Shui ma
References (6)
- Cheng, Z., et al, 2022, Ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants used by Dulong people in northwestern Yunnan, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2022) 18:3
- Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 5
- Geng, Y., et al, 2016, Traditional knowledge and its transmission of wild edibles used by the Naxi in Baidi Village, northwest Yunnan province. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 12:10
- Ju, Y., et al, 2013, Eating from the wild: diversity of wild edible plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la region, Yunnan, China, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethno medicine 9:28
- Luo, B., et al, 2019, Wild edible plants collected by Hani from terraced rice paddy agroecosystem in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 15:56
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- Weckerle, C. S., et al, 2006, Plant Knowledge of the Shuhi in the Hengduan Mountains, Southwest China. Economic Botany 60(1):2-23
