Pilea notata
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Flowers, Leaves, Stems
The young leaves and stems are cooked as soup. Flowers, leaves, and stems are edible.
Where to Find It
In China it grows in shaded moist places in broad-leaved forests between 300-1,500 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
Asia, China, Japan, 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 herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems are 25-75 cm tall. They are woody at the base. The leaves are pale green underneath and dark green above. The leaves are 4-11 cm long by 2-5 cm wide.
Medicinal Uses
Traditional medicinal uses are documented.
Names & Synonyms
Hrin-khra
References (3)
- Ding, X., 2021, Collection calendar: the diversity and local knowledge of wild edible plants used by Chenthang Sherpa people to treat seasonal food shortages in Tibet, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 17:40
- Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 5
- Liu, Yi-tao, & Long, Chun-Lin, 2002, Studies on Edible Flowers Consumed by Ethnic Groups in Yunnan. Acta Botanica Yunnanica. 24(1):41-56
