Paris verticillata

Bieb.

Sakkannamul

MelanthiaceaeLeaves

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The new shoots and leaves are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests, thickets and in grassy and shady places between 1,100-3,600 m above sea level in China.

Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Siberia,

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, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A herb. It grows 25-60 cm tall. It has a slender rhizome. There are 6-8 leaves. They are narrowly oval and 7-15 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped. The flower stalk is 5-12 cm long. The flowers are green and yellow-green.

Notes

Also put in the family Liliaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Satgatnamul

References (3)

Kim, H. & Song, M., 2013, Ethnobotanical analysis for traditional knowledge of wild edible plants in North Jeolla Province (Korea). Genetic. Resour. Crop Evol. (2013) 60:1571-1585
Pemberton, R. W. & Lee, N. S., 1996, Wild Food Plants in South Korea: Market Presence, New Crops, and Exports to the United States. Economic Botany, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 57-70
Urgamal, M., et al, 2014, Conspectus of the Vascular Plants of Mongolia. Mongolia Academy of Sciences Institute of Botany and National University of Mongolia Department of Biology. p 40

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