Merremia tridentata
(L.) Hallier f.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Leaves - tea
The leaves are cooked as a vegetable or prepared as tea.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Asia, China, India, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, South Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Singapore, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A herb. It can be twining. It has stout root. The stems are wiry and 4 m long. The leaves are narrowly oblong. They are 3-8 cm long by 4-15 mm wide.
Other Information
It is sold in local markets in China.
Names & Synonyms
Feng chui teng, Lata, Thadaka dobbudu
Convolvulus tridentatus L.Merremia tridentata subsp. hastata (Hallier f.) Ooststr.Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D. F. Austin & Staplesand others
References (5)
- Catarino, L. et al, 2019, Edible Leafy Vegetables from West Africa (Guinea-Bissau): Consumption, Trade and Food Potential. Foods 2019, 8, 493
- Kuhnlein, H. V., et al, 2009, Indigenous Peoples' food systems. FAO Rome p 192 (As Merremia tridentata var. hastata)
- Li, D. et al, 2017, Ethnobotanical survey of herbal tea plants from the traditional markets in Chaoshan, China. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 205 (2017) 195-206 (As Xenostegia tridentata)
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 47
- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179 (As Xenostegia tridentata)
