Cleome isomeris

Greene

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Pods, Fruit

The pods and fruit are edible.

It is a Mediterranean climate plant.

Mexico, North America, USA,

Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent

An herb in the Cleomaceae family adapted to Mediterranean climates.

Possibly confused with Peritoma arborea

References (1)

Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 242