Adelia barbinervis
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Summary
Source: WikipediaAdelia barbinervis is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae that is native to southern Mexico and northern Central America. The Huastec Maya cultivated the plant as a famine food.
Description
A herb.
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Edible Uses
The Huastec Maya cultivated the plant as a famine food, cooking the shoots and tender leaves as greens. The wood is used as firewood.
Traditional Uses
The young leaves and shoots are cooked and eaten.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Central America, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, North America, Yucatan,
Also Known As
Acalocochoc, Barejo, Chichihua, Espinaca blanca
References (3)
- Alcorn, 1984,
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 23
- Piedra-Malagón, E. M. et al, 2022, Edible native plants of the Gulf of Mexico Province. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e80565 p 19
