Pilea villicaulis
Hand.Mazz.
Urticaceae Edible: Leaves
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has rhizomes or underground stems. It grwos 20-50 cm tall. There are galls on the mid point of the internodes. The leaves are narrowly oval and 5-15 cm long by 3-8 cm wide.
Edible Uses
The leaves are eaten raw.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are eaten raw.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in Yunnan in China. It grows in shaded wet places near streams between 500-2,500 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Asia, China,
References (2)
- Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 5
- 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
