Polygonatum megaphyllum
P. Y. Li
AsparagaceaeRoots
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
What to Eat
Edible parts: Roots
The rhizome is roasted as a snack and eaten as a famine food.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows in forests and on grassy slopes between 1,700-2,500 m above sea level. In Sichuan.
Asia, China,
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 herb. The rhizome is 3-6 mm thick. The stem is arching over and 15-30 cm long. There are 5 or 6 leaves that are alternate. The leaves are narrowly oval and 4-8 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. They are hairy on both surfaces. The flowers hang down.
Notes
Also put in the family Convallariaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Yuzhu, Yuzhushen
References (2)
- Kang, Y., et al, 2012, Wild food plants and wild edible fungi in two valleys on the Qinling Mountains (Shaanxi, central China) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 9:26
- Wujisguleng, W., et al, 2012, Ethnobotanical review of food uses of Polygonatum (Convallariaceae) in China. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 81(4):239-244
