Elatostema acuminatum
(Poir.) Brongn.
UrticaceaeLeaves
What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are eaten boiled, raw, or fried and served with chilli sauce.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in Yunnan in China. It grows on shaded wet rocks between 500-1,900 m above sea level.
Asia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam,
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 small shrub. It grows 10-50 cm tall. The stems are erect and branched. The leaves are alternate. The leaves are obliquely oval. They are 2-10 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. The male flowers are in groups of 4 and the female flowers in pairs.
References (2)
- Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 5
- 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
