Sarcostemma secamone
(L.) Bennett
Chamuk pla lot
What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Flowers
The young leaves and flowers are cooked and eaten as a vegetable or used in vegetable curries; they are bitter.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows near the banks of rivers and along the edges of rice paddies.
Asia, Cambodia, India, 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 climbing herb. It has milky sap. The leaves are opposite and narrowly sword shaped. They are 8 cm long by 1 cm wide. The flowers are in groups of 2-4 flowers 4 cm long. They are white with a pinkish-purple throat.
Medicinal Uses
Has anti-inflammatory properties.
Notes
Also put in the family Asclepiadaceae. Several Sarcostemma have been changed to Cynanchum. It has anti-inflammatory properties.
Names & Synonyms
Chamook pla lod, Pak pralai
Periploca secamone L.
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