Blumea membranacea
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AsteraceaeLeaves
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Wikimedia Commons - Dinesh Valke from Thane, India
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Wikimedia Commons - Dinesh Valke from Thane, India
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests and valleys along streams between 300-1,400 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
Asia, Indochina, Laos, SE Asia, Thailand,
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 herb. It grows each year from seed. It grows 7-100 cm tall. The stems are usually simple. The leaves are simple and oval with 1 or 2 pairs of side lobes. The leaves are 2-13 cm long by 1-5 cm wide.
References (1)
- Anderson, E. F., 1993, Plants and people of the Golden Triangle. Dioscorides Press. p 204
