Roscoea cautleyoides
Gagnep.
ZingiberaceaeRoots
iNaturalist · cc-by-nc-sa
(c) Steve Garvie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
(c) Steve Garvie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
iNaturalist · cc-by-sa
(c) peganum, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
(c) peganum, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
What to Eat
Edible parts: Root
The roots are eaten as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. In Yunnan.
Asia, China,
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 ginger family herb (Zingiberaceae) found in the temperate regions of Yunnan.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Roscoea cautleyoides is a perennial herbaceous plant occurring in the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China. The scientific name is also spelt Roscoea cautleoides (see below). Most members of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), to which it belongs, are tropical, but R. cautleyoides, like other species of Roscoea, grows in much colder mountainous regions. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in gardens.
Names & Synonyms
Roscoea chamaeleon Gagnep.Roscoea yunnanensis Loes.and others
References (1)
- Zhang, L., et al, 2016, Ethnobotanical study of traditional edible plants used by the Naxi people during droughts. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 12:39
