Tongoloa silaifolia
(H. Boissieu) H. Wolff
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Description
A herb. It grows 30-60 cm tall. The root is brown and cone shaped. The stem is purplish and branched. The lower leaf stalks are 6-12 cm long. The leaves are broadly oval and 5-8 cm long y 4-6 cm wide. They have leaflets.
Edible Uses
The leaves are eaten.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows in damp grassland between 2,200-4,000 m above sea level in China. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Where It Grows
Asia, China,
Also Known As
Taibaisanqi
References (1)
- Kang, Y., et al, 2012, Wild food plants and wild edible fungi in two valleys on the Qinling Mountains (Shaanxi, central China) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 9:26
