Eurya nitida

Korth.

PentaphylacaceaeLeaves

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in forests and thickets between 500-1,500 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

Asia, Cambodia, China, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, SE Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, 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 shrub or small tree. It grows 2-5 m tall. The leaves are oblong and 4-6 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. The leaves are pale green underneath. The flowers occur singly or in groups of up to 4 in the axils of leaves. Male and female flowers are separate. The fruit are bluish black when mature and 3-4 mm across.