Cleome viscosa
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Sticky Cleome, Asian spiderflower
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Fruit, Seeds, Oil, Vegetable, Spice
Leaves and young shoots are cooked as a vegetable and have a sharp, mustard-like flavour. The pungent seeds can be pickled or used as a mustard substitute in curries. Seedpods are also made into pickles. The juice of the plant is used as a condiment. An oil extracted from the seeds is used for cooking.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. They are found in waste places at low and medium altitudes throughout the Philippines. In Nepal it grows up to 1200 m altitude. It is damaged by drought and frost. It grows in wetlands. It can grow in arid places. It restricts the germination and growth of Pearl millet. In central China it grows from sea level to 300 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
Afghanistan, Africa, Antigua-Barbuda, Asia, Australia, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central Africa, Central America, Chad, China, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Africa, East Timor, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Himalayas, Honduras, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marquesas, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Middle East, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Africa, North America, Northeastern India, Pacific, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sahel, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, SE Asia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Socotra, South America, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuvalu, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, West Africa, West Indies, Yemen,
How to Identify
An erect annual herb. It is sticky. It has a rank smell and is about 0.3 to 1 m high. The leaves are made up of 3 to 5 leaflets each 1 to 3 cm long. The flowers are in leafy groups at the end of branches. The flowering shoots are 5-10 cm long. The flower stalks are less than 1 cm long. The petals are yellow and 7 to 8 mm long. The fruit is a capsule 3-10 cm long by 2-4 mm wide. It has ridges along it. It partly splits open. It is narrow. It narrows and gradually tapers near the tip. The stems and seed pods are hairy. The seeds are round, black and 1 mm across. There are 25-40 seeds. They are light brown and 1.2-1.8 mm long by 1-1.2 mm wide. They have fine ridges.
Nutrition Score: 30/100
| Part | Moisture | kJ | kcal | Protein | Vit A | Vit C | Iron | Zinc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaves | 80.4 | — | — | 5.6 | — | — | 24 | — |
How to Grow
Prefers a light fertile soil in a warm dry sunny position with plenty of room to spread. A frost tender plant, it can be grown as a summer annual in Britain.
Propagation: Surface sow or only lightly cover seed in spring in a greenhouse. Germination usually takes 5–14 days at 25°c. Prick seedlings into individual pots when large enough to handle and plant out in late spring. Daytime temperatures below 20°c depress germination, though a night-time drop to 20°c is necessary.
Medicinal Uses
The leaves are diaphoretic, rubefacient and vesicant, and are applied externally to wounds and ulcers. Leaf juice has been used to relieve earache. The seeds are anthelmintic, carminative, rubefacient, stimulant and vesicant, and contain 0.1% viscosic acid and 0.04% viscosin. A paste of the root is applied externally to treat earache.
Other Uses
Oil is obtained from the seeds.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Cleome viscosa, the Asian spiderflower or tick weed is an annual herb that grows up to a meter high. It belongs to the family Cleomaceae. It is considered an invasive species and is widely distributed in warm and humid habitats across the Americas, Africa and Asia, and in Australia (where it is considered a native). It is commonly found during the rainy season. The crushed leaves have been investigated as a treatment for stored seeds of cowpea, to prevent weevil infestation. The leaves are used as external application to wounds and ulcers. The seeds are anthelmintic and carminative. The juice of the leaves is used as a remedy against discharge of pus from the ear. In a study comparing C. viscosa to standard antibiotics, it was proven to be effective at inhibiting microbial growth. This demonstrates its effectiveness as an antimicrobial agent in comparison to the antibiotic tetracycline. In northern India, the seeds (called Jakhya) are used as a culinary herb, mainly for tempering. in Australia, the Walmajarri people of the southern Kimberley call it Jirlpirringarni.
Production
In China plants flower July to September and fruit in October.
Other Information
It is a minor leaf vegetable but becoming more popular as a seed condiment.
Notes
There are about 150 Cleome species. Chemical composition (per 100g) (leaves, raw): Protein = 5.5g. Fat = .9g. Calcium - 454 mg. Iron = 2.7 mg. Kcal = 57. The seeds are rich in oil (26%). They are also used in medicine.
Names & Synonyms
Bana-sorisha, Ban tori, Ganeragapa, Gant-galar, Huang hua cao, Huhul, Hulaga, Hulchul, Hulhul, Hurhura, Hurhure, Hushur, Kawal, Mangmang trin, Marang churamani, Momienh khma'ch, Mustard bush, Naikkadugu, Nal sirio, Namkani, Pak-sian-pee, Pingu-pan, Pivli-tilwan, Raa-beberi, Raa-beburi, Sirioarkho, Son tien, Swibhama, Tick weed, Tilwani, Tori jhar, Ujla hulhul, Yellow cleome
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