Aspidocarya uvifera
Hook.f. et Thoms
Seiga
MenispermaceaeFruit
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The ripe fruit are eaten raw.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. In Yunnan in China it grows between 600-1000 m above sea level. In Northeastern India it grows up to 1,800 m above sea level. It grows in monsoonal rainforest.
Asia, China, India, Indochina, Myanmar, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Sikkim, Thailand,
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 vine. It grows 7 m long. The stems have lines along them and can be hairy. The leaves are oval to heart shaped and 9-18 cm long by 8-16 cm wide. The fruit are red when mature and oval. They are 2 cm long.
Production
In southern China plants flower in April to May and fruit is September to October.
Names & Synonyms
Meiyankhyen-rik
References (3)
- Jin, Chen et al, 1999, Ethnobotanical studies on Wild Edible Fruits in Southern Yunnan: Folk Names: Nutritional Value and Uses. Economic Botany 53(1) pp 2-14
- Tsering, J., et al, 2017, Ethnobotanical appraisal on wild edible plants used by the Monpa community of Arunchal Pradesh. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. Vol 16(4), October 2017, pp 626-637
- Wild edible plants of Himachal Pradesh
