Oxystelma secamone — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Flowers, Roots, Leaves

The flowers are used as a vegetable, while the fruit and leaves are also eaten. It serves as a famine food.

Where to Find It

A tropical plant. It grows in marshy areas and on the edges of ponds.

Africa, Asia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Iraq, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, SE Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A herb. It is slender and twining. It has milky juice. The leaves are narrow and sword shaped and 5-9 cm long. The flowers are large with a few in a group. They are white or red with purple veins. They are 2.5 cm across. The fruit are follicles 5-8 cm long. They are oval.

Medicinal Uses

Used in traditional medicine.

Other Information

It is a famine food.

Notes

It is used in medicine.

Names & Synonyms

Dudhani, Dudhi, Dudhialata, Dudhiya lata, Dudipala, Dugdhika, Dugdhike, Duheli, Gugheni, Jaldudhi, Khirai, Kirui, Usippalai

Oxystelma esculentum (L.f.) R. Br. ex Schult.Oxystelma wallichii WightPeriploca esculenta L.f.Sarcostemma esculentum (L.f.) R. W. Holm

References (3)

Ambasta, S.P. (Ed.), 2000, The Useful Plants of India. CSIR India. p 419
Pasha, M. K. & Uddin, S. B., 2019, Minor Edible Fruits of Bangladesh. Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 26(2): 299–313
Shah, G.L., 1984, Some economically important plant of Salsette Island near Bombay. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Vol. 5 No. 4 pp 753-765