Pilea mongolica
Wedd.
UrticaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Medicine
The leaves are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows in swamps.
Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Siberia, Taiwan, 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 temperate annual herb in the Urticaceae family that grows in swamps.
Medicinal Uses
Pilea is of little economic importance; one species is used in Chinese traditional medicine (P. plataniflora).
Names & Synonyms
Daolaonen
Pilea viridissima Makino
References (1)
- 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
