Atriplex subcordata — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves, Seeds

Edible Parts: Leaves Seed Edible Uses: Leaves and young plants - cooked. Used as a spinach . Seed - cooked. Used in piñole or ground into a meal and used as a thickener in making bread or mixed with flour in making bread.

Known Hazards

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

Asia, China, Japan, Korea,

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

Annual orache growing to 0.5 m tall. Monoecious (both male and female flowers on same plant); wind-pollinated. Tolerates light sandy and medium loamy soils, well-drained preferred, and survives in nutritionally poor, mildly acid, neutral, very alkaline, and saline soils. Requires full sun; handles drought and maritime exposure.

How to Grow

We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will be hardy in Britain, though it should be possible to grow it as a spring-sown annual. Although the range of this species is said to include China, it does not appear in the Flora of China. The following notes are based on the general needs of the genus. Succeeds in full sun in any well-drained but not too fertile soil. Most species in this genus tolerate saline and very alkaline soils.

Propagation: Seed - sow April/May in situ. Germination is usually rapid.

Medicinal Uses

None known

Other Uses

None known Special Uses

Wikipedia

Annual orache growing to 0.5 m tall. Monoecious (both male and female flowers on same plant); wind-pollinated. Tolerates light sandy and medium loamy soils, well-drained preferred, and survives in nutritionally poor, mildly acid, neutral, very alkaline, and saline soils. Requires full sun; handles drought and maritime exposure.