Triosteum pinnatifidum
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Description
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 60 cm tall. The leaves are 11 cm long by 10 cm wide. The flowers occur in rings of 6. There can be 2 or 3 rings of these in a group. They are yellowish-green. The lobes are purple-brown. The fruit are fleshy and oval or pear shaped.
Edible Uses
The fruit are eaten raw as a snack.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten raw as a snack.
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Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows in pine forests and in sunny places near streams between 1,900-2,900 m above sea level in China. In Sichuan.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Japan,
Synonyms
Also Known As
Alaiala, Bai dan, Kelu
References (2)
- Kang, Y., et al, 2014, Wild food plants used by the Tibetans of Gongba Valley (Zouqu country, Gansu, China) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 10:20
- Kang, J. et al, 2016, Wild food plants and fungi used in the mycophilous Tibetan community of Zhagana (Tewo Country, Gansu, China) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 12:21
