Meconopsis paniculata
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(c) equisetalean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
(c) equisetalean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
What to Eat
Edible parts: Stalks, Flowers, Leaves, Seeds
The stalks are eaten raw as a salad, while the flowers, leaves, and young stems are cooked and eaten. The seeds are consumed raw.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows on grassy slopes between 3,000-4,400 m above sea level in Tibet. In Northeastern India it grows between 2,800-3,900 m above sea level.
Asia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas*, India, Nepal, Northeastern India, Sikkim, Tibet,
How to Identify
A herb. It grows 2.5 m tall in flower. It has a long narrow taproot 18 cm long by 2 cm wide. The stems are erect and covered with long bristly hairs. The leaves at the base are in a ring. They are narrowly oval with lobes along the edge. The flowers are yellow and in long clusters at the top of the plant. The fruit are oblong and have bristly hairs.
Names & Synonyms
Kheldar, Langur, Ngebu metog, Ngeun metog, Upal serpo, Upa sepu
References (6)
- Ambasta, S.P. (Ed.), 2000, The Useful Plants of India. CSIR India. p 359
- Ghimire, S. K., et al, 2008, Non-Timber Forest Products of Nepal Himalaya. WWF Nepal p 108
- J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 64:316. 1896
- Morley, B. & Everard, B., 1970, Wild Flowers of the World. Ebury press. Plate 93
- 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
- Yeshi, K. et al, 2017, Taxonomical Identification of Himalayan Edible Medicinal Plants in Bhutan and the Phenolic Contents and Antioxidant Activity of Selected Plants. TBAP 7 (2) 2017 pp 89 - 106
