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Heracleum barmanicum

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Burmain cow-parsley

Apiaceae Edible: Leaves

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Description

A temperate herb in the Apiaceae family (cow-parsley group) with young edible leaves.

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Edible Uses

The young leaves are cooked as a vegetable, used as a potherb, and prepared like parsley.

Traditional Uses

The young leaves are cooked as a vegetable. They are used as a potherb. It is used like parsley.

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Distribution

It is a temperate plant.

Where It Grows

Asia, China, Himalayas, Myanmar, SE Asia, Tibet,

References (2)

  • Seidemann J., 2005, World Spice Plants. Economic Usage, Botany, Taxonomy. Springer. p 176 (As burmanicum)
  • Weckerle, C. S., et al, 2006, Plant Knowledge of the Shuhi in the Hengduan Mountains, Southwest China. Economic Botany 60(1):2-23 (As Heracleum cf barmanicum)

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