Zanthoxylum khasianum

Hook.f.

Sumer-chheng, Soh-umiuw

RutaceaeLeavesSeeds/Nuts

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves, Seed

The leaves are cooked as a vegetable. The leaves and seeds are edible portions.

Where to Find It

It is a subtropical plant. It grows on hillsides and open forests between 1,500-2,500 m above sea level. In Yunnan.

Asia, China, India, Northeastern India,

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How to Identify

A shrub or climber. It grows 3 m tall. The small branches are grey and have prickles. The leaves have 5-13 leaflets. The leaflets are alternate and oval. They are unequal on their sides and are 4-9 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped and the edges are wavy. The fruit are 7-10 mm across.

Wikipedia

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Zanthoxylum khasianum is woody plant in the family Rutaceae native to Attam and South Central China.

Production

In China plants flower in May and fruit July to August.

Notes

There are about 200 Zanthoxylum species.

Names & Synonyms

Soh-mrit

Zanthoxylum yunnanense C. C. Huang

References (2)

Maikhuri, R, K, and Gangwar, A. K., 1993, Ethnobiological Notes on the Khasi and Garo Tribes of Meghalaya, Northeast India, Economic Botany, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 345-357
Sawian, J. T., et al, 2007, Wild edible plants of Meghalaya, North-east India. Natural Product Radiance Vol. 6(5): p 423