Saussurea tridactyla
Sch.Bio ex Hook.f.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Flowers, Shoots
The flowers are eaten raw and the young shoots are eaten as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows on alpine scree slopes between 4,300-5,300 m above sea level in Tibet. In Yunnan.
Asia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Nepal, Northeastern India, Sikkim, 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 grows 8-15 cm tall. It keeps growing from year to year. The rootstock is usually branched and there is a single erect stem. There are a ring of leaves at the base and leaves on the stem. The lower ones have leaf stalks. The leaves are spoon shaped and 5-25 mm long by 2-6 mm wide. There are 3-6 lobes along the edge. There are several flower heads in a half round arrangement 2-3 cm across,
Names & Synonyms
Mahaguru, Mathok-khangla
References (2)
- Liu, Yi-tao, & Long, Chun-Lin, 2002, Studies on Edible Flowers Consumed by Ethnic Groups in Yunnan. Acta Botanica Yunnanica. 24(1):41-56
- Savita, et al, 2006, Studies on wild edible plants of ethnic people in east Sikkim. Asian J. of Bio Sci. (2006) Vol. 1 No. 2 : 117-125
