Curculigo sinensis
S. C. Chen
Hypoxidaceae Edible: Fruit
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Description
A herb. It has a short thick rhizome. The leaf stalk is 40 cm long. The leaves are oblong to sword shaped and 85 cm long by 4 cm wide. The flower stems are nodding and 15 cm long. There are 40 or more flowers in a group. The fruit is a berry 1.6 cm across.
Edible Uses
The ripe fruit are eaten raw.
Traditional Uses
The ripe fruit are eaten raw.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. In Yunnan.
Where It Grows
Asia, China,
Also Known As
Mei la pa jia
References (1)
- Luo, B., et al, 2019, Wild edible plants collected by Hani from terraced rice paddy agroecosystem in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 15:56
