Maianthemum japonicum
(A. Gray) LaFrankie
P'ulsomdae
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Description
A herb. It grows 30-60 cm tall. It has a creeping rhizome. There are 4-9 leaves. They are oval and 6-15 cm long by 3-7 cm wide There are 10-25 flowers in a panicle. They are white.
Edible Uses
The young shoots are eaten, typically fried.
Traditional Uses
The young shoots are eaten. They are fried.
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Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests and moist shady places between 900-2,000 m above sea level. In Sichuan. In Yunnan.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Russia,
Notes
There are about 25 Smilacina species. Also put in the family Convallariaceae.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Abu, Plantoucai
References (5)
- Geng, Y., et al, 2016, Traditional knowledge and its transmission of wild edibles used by the Naxi in Baidi Village, northwest Yunnan province. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 12:10
- Kang, Y., et al, 2012, Wild food plants and wild edible fungi in two valleys on the Qinling Mountains (Shaanxi, central China) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 9:26 (As Smilacina japonica)
- M. C. Perry, Narr. exped. China Seas Japan 2:321. 1857 (As Smilacina japonica)
- Pemberton, R. W. & Lee, N. S., 1996, Wild Food Plants in South Korea: Market Presence, New Crops, and Exports to the United States. Economic Botany, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 57-70 (As Smilacina japonica)
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Smilacina japonica)
