Thladiantha grandisepala
A. M. Lu & Z. Y. Zhang
iNaturalist· cc-by-nc-nd
(c) 龙栩川, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by 龙栩川
gbif· cc0
President and Fellows of Harvard College
Description
A pumpkin family herb. It is a climbing vine. The stems and branches are slender and angular. The leaves are narrowly oval or heart shaped. They are 10-16 cm long by 6-11 cm wide. They have teeth around the edge. The male flowers are in groups of 5-9 and the female flowers occur singly. The fruit are oval and 3 cm long by 2 cm wide.
Edible Uses
The leaves are boiled and eaten as a vegetable.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are boiled and eaten as a vegetable.
This uses section is brief — help expand it
Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests on mountain slopes between 2,100-2,400 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Asia, China,
References (1)
- Ghorbani, A., et al, 2012, A comparison of the wild food plant use knowledge of ethnic minorities in Naban River Watershed Nature Reserve, Yunnan, SW China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 8:17
