Metapanax delavayi
(Franch.) J. Wen & Frodin
Pot leaf aralia
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Description
A shrub in the family Araliaceae with compound leaves bearing 5–7 leaflets that can reach 23 cm long and 3 cm wide. It grows in Yunnan, China, and is also cultivated in Melbourne Botanical Gardens.
Edible Uses
Young leaves are used for making tea.
Traditional Uses
Young leaves are used for making tea.
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Distribution
It grows in Yunnan in China. In Melbourne Botanical Gardens.
Where It Grows
Asia, Australia China, Tibet, Vietnam,
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
