Astragalus anisacanthus
Boiss.
Mamol
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Shoots, Leaves, Vegetable
The young shoots and leaves are eaten as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Afghanistan, Asia, Iran, Middle East, Pakistan,
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
An erect herb. The leaves are compound with leaflets along the stalk. There are 6-8 leaflets 4-8 mm long. The fruit is a pod 5-6 mm long. It has 2 seeds.
References (1)
- Shad, A. A., Shah, H. U., & Bakht, J., 2013, Ethnobotanical Assessment and Nutritive Potential of Wild Food Plants. The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 23(1) pp. 92-97
