Pilea notata
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Description
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems are 25-75 cm tall. They are woody at the base. The leaves are pale green underneath and dark green above. The leaves are 4-11 cm long by 2-5 cm wide.
Edible Uses
The young leaves and stems are cooked as soup. Flowers, leaves, and stems are edible.
Traditional Uses
The young leaves and stems are cooked as a soup.
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Medicinal Uses
Traditional medicinal uses are documented.
Distribution
In China it grows in shaded moist places in broad-leaved forests between 300-1,500 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Japan, Taiwan, Tibet,
Also Known As
Hrin-khra
References (3)
- Ding, X., 2021, Collection calendar: the diversity and local knowledge of wild edible plants used by Chenthang Sherpa people to treat seasonal food shortages in Tibet, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 17:40
- Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 5
- Liu, Yi-tao, & Long, Chun-Lin, 2002, Studies on Edible Flowers Consumed by Ethnic Groups in Yunnan. Acta Botanica Yunnanica. 24(1):41-56
