Ranunculus scleratus
L.
Buttercup, Celery-leaved buttercup
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Description
An annual herb. It is 20-70 cm high. The leaves vary in shape. The leaves near the base are stalked. They are 1.5-3 cm long by 2.5-4 cm wide. They are kidney shaped and with 3 lobes. The upper leaves are narrowly sword shaped with 3 lobes. The flowers are yellow. The fruit is dry, one seeded and in an oblong head.
Edible Uses
Young tender leaves are boiled and cooked as a vegetable with water changes, or dried, pickled, or fermented as a green vegetable. The rootstock is boiled with rice and eaten. Used as a famine food; leaves are sold in local markets.
Traditional Uses
CAUTION: Leaves are acrid and poisonous unless treated. Young tender leaves are boiled then later cooked as a vegetable. The cooking water is changed. It can also be dried then cooked and eaten. They are pickled. It can be used as a fermented and dried green vegetable. The rootstock is boiled with rice and eaten.
Known Hazards
Leaves are acrid and poisonous unless treated by boiling and cooking with water changes.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows in wet and marshy places. In Nepal it grows to about 2500 m altitude. Tasmania Herbarium.
Where It Grows
Africa, Asia, Australia, Bhutan, Britain, Canada, Caucasus, Central Asia, China, East Africa, Europe, Falklands, Georgia, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Laos, Mediterranean, Middle East, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North America, Northeastern India, Pakistan, SE Asia, Siberia, Spain, Tajikistan, Tasmania, Turkey, Türkiye, USA, Vietnam, Wallachia, Zimbabwe,
Cultivation
Plants are grown from seeds or from root offshoots.
Other Information
Famine food. Leaves are sold in local markets.
Notes
There are about 400 Ranunculus species.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Baia, Bir-mani, Celery-leaved crowfoot, Cursed crowfoot, Dhungre jhar, Jaldhania, Jhal dhania, Maocan satnhan, Mon dhonia, Nagakor, Niakhura, Othukoshi, Ram-pa, Shim, Tanga-ngayoke
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