Lactuca dolichophylla
Kitam.
Long leaved lettuce
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Spice, Vegetable
The leaves are cooked as a vegetable and used as a flavouring.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows in cool arid, regions. In the Indian Himalayas it grows between 1,300-3,800 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
Afghanistan, Asia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, SE Asia, Tibet,
How to Identify
A herb. It grows 1 m tall. It grows for one or two years. There is a single stem that is erect. The lower stem leaves are narrow and can be divided along the stalk. They clasp the stem at the base. The upper leaves are smaller and undivided.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Lactuca dolichophylla, the long-leaved lettuce, is a species of wild lettuce found in Afghanistan, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Nepal, Xizang (Tibet), East Himalaya, south-central China, and Myanmar. It prefers to grow in thickets at c.3200 m above sea level. Its chromosome count is 2n=16.
Names & Synonyms
Khala, Gringali
References (3)
- Murugan, Pal M., et al, 2010, Phytofoods of Nubra valley, Ladakh - The cold desert. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. Vol. 9(2): 303-308
- Rana, J.C. et al, 2011, Genetic resources of wild edible plants and their uses among tribal communities of cold arid regions of India. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 59:135-149
- Sharma, L. et al, 2018, Diversity, distribution pattern, endemism and indigenous uses of wild edible plants in Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve of Indian Trans Himalaya. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. Vol 17(1) January 2018 pp 122-131
