Trichodesma calycosum
Coll. & Hemsl.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Flower
The leaves are cooked or fried with egg and meat. The flowers are used as a potherb.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows on hillsides and in thickets and forests between 500-2,200 m above sea level. It grows in Yunnan in China.
Asia, China, India, Indochina, Laos, Myanmar, SE Asia, Taiwan, Thailand,
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 or small shrub. It grows 1-3 m tall. The branches are 4 sided. The leaves are opposite and broadly oval. They are 1-3 cm long by 4-8 cm wide. The flowers are at the top of the plant. They are white or pink. The nutlets are broadly oval and 5 mm long by 4 mm wide.
Other Information
It is sold in local markets.
Names & Synonyms
Deng long fang, Mao duo da
References (2)
- Cao, Y., et al, 2020, Ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants used by three trans-boundary ethnic groups in Jiangcheng County, Pu’er, Southwest China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2020) 16:66
- Ghorbani, A., et al, 2012, A comparison of the wild food plant use knowledge of ethnic minorities in Naban River Watershed Nature Reserve, Yunnan, SW China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 8:17
