Lindera reflexa
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit - spice
The fruit is used as a spice.
Where to Find It
It grows in forests and on mountain slopes below 1,000 m above sea level. It grows in Yunnan in China.
Asia, China, Tibet,
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 shrub or tree. It loses its leaves during the year. The bark is dark brown and it has splits along it. The leaves are alternate. They are narrowly oval and 9-12 cm long by 6-8 cm wide. The fruit is round and 7 mm across. They are red at maturity.
Production
In Yunnan the fruit are available from July to September.
Names & Synonyms
Rihujiao
References (1)
- 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
