Characteristics
A scrambling shrub. It grows about 2 m high. The leaves are stalked. They are 0.8-2.5 cm long. They are oval and taper to the tip. The lower leaves usually have coarse round teeth. The upper leaves do not have teeth. Leaves have fine hairs underneath. The flowers are yellowish tinged with pink. They occur in the axils of leaf bracts. The fruit is a small nutlet. It is blue.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
0.0
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a subtropical plant. In Nepal they grow between 600-2100 m altitude. They grow in open places in rock crevices.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
|
| Soil texture |
-
|
| Soil acidity |
-
|
| Soil nutriment |
-
|
| Hardiness (USDA) |
|
Usage
The fresh roots are chewed casually. The young shoots and leaves are cooked as a vegetable.
Cultivation
Plants are grown from seed.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
14 - 180
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
10
|
| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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