Cleome refracta
(Engelm.) Mabb.
Spectacle fruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: ?
Young plants are boiled and eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
North America, USA,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent
How to Identify
A herb that grows each year from seed. It grows 40-200 cm tall. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The blades are oval and 1-5 cm long by 0.4-2 cm wide. The flower petals are yellow.
Names & Synonyms
Wislizenia melilotoides GreeneWislizenia refracta var. melilotoides (Greene) I. M. Johnst.Wislizenia scabrida Eastw.and others
References (1)
- Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 600 (As Wislizenia refracta)
