Palmeria brassii
Philipson
Monimiaceae Edible: Leaves
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Description
A tropical climbing plant from the Monimiaceae family, found in tropical Australia and New Guinea.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are eaten.
Distribution
A tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Pacific, Papua New Guinea, PNG,
Cultivation
Plants are grown from fresh seed.
Notes
There are 20 Palmeria species. They grow in the tropics. There are 14 Palmeria species in tropical Australia and New Guinea.
Also Known As
Shor
References (2)
- Powell, J.M., Ethnobotany. In Paijmans, K., 1976, New Guinea Vegetation. Australian National University Press. p 110 (As Palmeria sp.)
- Sillitoe, P. 1995, An Ethnobotanical Account of the Plant Resources of the Wola Region, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. J. Ethnobiol. 15(2): 201-235
