Lindera nacusua
(D. Don) Merr.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit - spice
The fruits are used as a spice.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in evergreen broad-leaved forests and in valleys and on mountain slopes. It grows between 700-2,500 m above sea level. It grows in Sichuan and Yunnan in China.
Asia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Myanmar, Nepal, SE Asia, Tibet, Vietnam,
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
An evergreen shrub or tree. It grows 2-10 m tall. The trunk is 10-15 cm across. The bark is grey and has splits along it. The leaves are alternate. Flowers are separately male and female and are in umbels in the axils of leaves. They are yellow. The fruit is a flattened round shape and red at maturity. They are 1 cm long.
Names & Synonyms
Liendan doi, Rihujiao
Laurus nacusua D. DonLindera bifaria (Nees) HosseusLindera bifaria (Nees) Benth. ex Hook.f.and others
References (4)
- Bajracharya, D., 1980, Nutritive Values of Nepalese Edible Wild Fruits. Z. Lebensm. Unters. Forsch. 171: 363-366 (As Lindera bifaria)
- Dangol, D. R. et al, 2017, Wild Edible Plants in Nepal. Proceedings of 2nd National Workshop on CUAOGR, 2017.
- Gautam, R. S., et al, 2020, Wild Edible Fruits of Nepal. Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 8(3): 289-304
- Ju, Y., et al, 2013, Eating from the wild: diversity of wild edible plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la region, Yunnan, China, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethno medicine 9:28
