Spiraea chinensis

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Tsui-lan-cha

RosaceaeLeavesSpice/Beverage

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves - tea

The leaves are processed into tea.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It grows in thickets and open places between 300-2,000 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

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

A shrub. It grows 2-3 m tall. The leaves are dark green above and yellow underneath. They are 3-6 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. There are 16-25 flowers in a group and the flowers are 3-10 mm across.

Notes

There are 100 Spiraea species.

References (4)

Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 211
Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 9
Tanaka,
Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6:193. 1879

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