Taxillus thibetensis
(Lecomte) Danser
LoranthaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten fresh.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in Yunnan in China. It grows in forests, mountain slopes, valleys, orchards and gardens. It grows between 1,700-3,000 m above sea level.
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 that grows attached to other plants. It grows 1 m tall. The young stems have a grey coating. The branches are black. The leaves are opposite and oval. They are 5-10 cm long by 4-5 cm wide. They are leathery. The fruit is an oval yellow berry. It is 5-10 mm long by 4-6 mm wide. It has a rough surface. It grows in chestnut, kaki, oak, peach and pear and others.
Production
In Yunnan fruit are harvested between August and October.
Names & Synonyms
Dian zang dun guo ji sheng, Yawakeqi
Loranthus thibetensis Lecomte
References (2)
- 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
- www.eFloras.org Flora of China
