Pilea mongolica
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Description
A temperate annual herb in the Urticaceae family that grows in swamps.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are eaten.
Medicinal Uses
Pilea is of little economic importance; one species is used in Chinese traditional medicine (P. plataniflora).
Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows in swamps.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Siberia, Taiwan, Tibet,
Synonyms
Pilea viridissima Makino
Also Known As
Daolaonen
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
