Potentilla leuconata
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The flowering stems are 10-45 cm tall. The leaves at the base are 3-25 cm long. They have 6-18 pairs of leaflets.
Edible Uses
The roots are cooked by boiling and eaten. The fruit is also edible.
Traditional Uses
The roots are cooked by boiling then eaten.
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Medicinal Uses
The roots are traditionally used as a cooked preparation.
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. In China it grows in forests, meadows and mountain slopes as well as near streams. It grows between 2,200-4,600 m above sea level. It grows in Sichuan and Yunnan in China.
Where It Grows
Asia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Sikkim, Taiwan, Tibet,
Production
In Yunnan plants are harvested between June and September.
Also Known As
Pagu
References (3)
- Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9
- Gautam, R. S., et al, 2020, Wild Edible Fruits of Nepal. Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 8(3): 289-304
- 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
