Helicteres lanceolata
A. DC.
MalvaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are edible.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant.
Asia, Cambodia, China, India, Indochina, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A shrub. It grows 3 m tall. The leaves are simple and alternate. They are sword shaped and 6-9 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. They have white hairs underneath. The flowers have both sexes and are small and in the axils of leaves. The fruit is a capsule 2.5 cm long.
Notes
There are about 60 Helicteres species. There are 38 in tropical America. Also put the the family Helicteraceae.
Names & Synonyms
Dee nguu, Do thon, Peek kai dam
References (2)
- Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 2788
- Thai Forestry Bulletin 23:62-108, 1995
