Dyerophytum indicum

(Gibs. ex Wight) Kuntze

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Shoots - salt flavouring

The shoots are eaten and used as a salt flavouring.

It is a Mediterranean plant.

The shoots are used for a salt flavouring.

A shrub. It grows 2 m tall. It has a white mealy covering. The leaves are alternate and pale green.

References (1)

Miller, A. G., Morris, M. & Stuart-Smith, S., 1988, Plants of Dhofar. The Southern Region of Oman, Traditional, Economic and Medicinal Uses. Sultanate of Oman. p 228