Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Debregeasia longifolia

Edible: Fruit, Leaves

A shrub or small tree. It grows 1-3 m tall. The small branches are dark brown. The leaves are long and oval with teeth along the edge. They are 6-20 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. They are dark green above when mature and ashy soft hairs underneath. The male and female flowers are produced separately on the same plant. The flowers are whitish and in small heads. The fruit are yellow when ripe. They have many small embedded nutlets.

A tropical plant. In Nepal it grows from 500-2200 m altitude. It grows along river banks. In central and western China it grows to 1,400 m altitude. It suits shady moist places. In Yunnan.

Common Names: Long-leaved water hemp, Wild rhea, Bayo esing, Bol-tysim, Chyet-kyi-dauk, Daar, Dalah esing, Githi, Hka-numri, Jirepole, Kattunochi, Kowlousii, Ling-shi-ting, Lingsi, Madeilo, Mao ma qiang ga, Monili, Namey, Neerinch, Ngamey, Ngamoy, Put-chaw, Qia bu ren, Sansaru, Sifei, So-tyrsim, Tashiari, Tatamtanam, Tsunyu, Tusaray, Tusare, Tushaare, Tushar, Tushiari, Tushiyari, Tussara, Udu, Wild rhea, Yangyangpa, Ye-tha-kwa

Synonyms: 

Conocephalus niveus Wight;
Debregeasia dichotoma (Blume) Weddell;
Debregeasia libera Chien & C. J. Chen;
Debregeasia velutina Gaud.-Beaup.;
Morocarpus dichotomus (Blume) Blume;
Morocarpus longifolius (N. L. Burman) Blume;
Morocarpus velutinus Blume;
Urtica angustata Blume;
Urtica dichotoma Blume;
Urtica longifolia Burm.f.;