Sida glabra

Mill.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are eaten.

It is a tropical plant. In Colombia it grows between 30-800 m above sea level.

Andes, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Mexico, North America, Venezuela, West Indies,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent, Venezuela

A tropical herb of the mallow family (Malvaceae) growing in Colombia between 30–800 m above sea level.

References (1)

Diaz-Betancourt, M., et al, 1999, Weeds as a future source for human consumption. Rev. Biol. Trop. 47(3):329-338