Rhynchotechum ellipticum
(Wall. ex D. Dietrich) A. DC.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Fruit
The leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable, often prepared with meat or fish, and are sold in local markets. The ripe fruit are eaten raw.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. In China it grows in shaded places near streams between 100-1800 m altitude in southern regions.
Asia, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam,
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 small shrub. The stems are 0.7-2 m long. There are rusty brown hairs near the tip. The leaves are opposite. The leaf stalk is 0.8-5 cm long. The leaf blade is oval and 9.5-32 cm long by 3-10 cm wide. It is woolly. They are red-brown. There are teeth along the edge. In a flower cluster there are 15-70 flowers. The flower stalk is 0.9-4 cm long. Flowers are white or tinged pink. The fruit is a white berry 2-6 mm across.
Other Information
Leaves are sold in local markets.
Notes
There are 13 Rhynchotechum species.
Names & Synonyms
Chenkup, Endroigi, Ja-kharia, Japang esing, Jongku, Jooke, Kosabio, Mebitchi, Mehek, Mimalai, Re-gong, Telhlep, Theshuvi, Tiarep, Xian zhu ju tai
Corysanthera elliptica Wall. ex D. Dietrich.Chiliandra obovata GriffithRhynchotechum latifolium J.D.Hooker & Thomson ex C.B.ClarkeRhynchotechium obovatum (Griffith) B.L.Burtt
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