Berchemia hirtella
Tsai & K. M. Feng
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Description
A shrub. It lies over. The branches are spreading. The leaves are grey to yellow underneath. The leaves are narrowly oval and 7-10 cm long by 4-6 cm wide. The flowers are in groups at the ends of side branches. The fruit is purple to red when mature. It is oval and 11-14 mm long by 5-6 mm wide. There is a persistent cup at the base.
Edible Uses
The fruit are eaten fresh, and the young leaves are used for making tea drinks.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten fresh. The young leaves are used for making tea drinks.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in forests and thickets in valleys between 400-1,500 m above sea level. It grows in Yunnan in China.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Himalayas, Tibet,
Production
In Yunnan fruit are harvested in August and September and leaves from April to June.
Also Known As
Zhila
References (1)
- 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
