Camonea umbellata
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Flowers
The young leaves are eaten as a potherb and can be stored for 3–4 days after harvest. The flowers are also edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in swampy places and near streams. It is also on sandy sites near beaches. This subspecies occurs in West Africa. In Argentina it grows below 500 m above sea level. In Colombia it grows up to 2,000 m above sea level.
Africa, American Samoa, Argentina, Asia, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa, Central America, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinée, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Himalayas, Honduras, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Laos, Liberia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North America, Northeastern India, Pacific, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Rotuma, Sao Tome and Principe, SE Asia, Sierra Leone, South America*, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Africa, West Indies,
How to Identify
A slender twining plant. It is a woody vine. It can be 5 m long. It forms roots at the nodes. The stems are slender and cylinder shaped. The leavesThe leaves are oval and hairy on both surfaces. The flowers are in groups in the axils of the leaves. They are white with a cream colour. The fruit is a round capsule. It is 1 cm long and has 4 valves.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Camonea umbellata, commonly known as hogvine, yellow merremia, and yellow wood rose, is a thin vine growing to a maximum thickness of 2 cm (0.79 in). It has many uses in Indian traditional medicines. The flowers attract bees, butterflies and birds.
Names & Synonyms
Bongki irpik, Goria lota, Guna bendung, Kalmau, Kolia lota, Thianpa, Toklangsot, Turnaisa
References (10)
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- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1. Kew. (As Merremia umbellata)
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- Sarma, H., et al, 2010, Updated Estimates of Wild Edible and Threatened Plants of Assam: A Meta-analysis. International Journal of Botany 6(4): 414-423 (As Merremia umbellata)
- Teron, R. & Borthakur, S. K., 2016, Edible Medicines: An Exploration of Medicinal Plants in Dietary Practices of Karbi Tribal Population of Assam, Northeast India. In Mondal, N. & Sen, J.(Ed.) Nutrition and Health among tribal populations of India. p 150 (As Ipomoea cymosa)
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