Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Homalomena occulta
Edible: Root, Stem, Leaves
A herb. It has creeping rhizomes. The end of the stem is erect and 30-50 cm tall. The leaf stalk is 25-40 cm long. The leaves are sword shaped to heart shaped and 15-30 cm long by 15-28 cm wide. There are 1-3 flowering shoots together.
A tropical plant. It grows in dense valley forests and bamboo forests between 100-1,100 m above sea level. In XTBG Yunnan.
Common Names: Mon thuc
Synonyms:
Calla occulta Loureiro;
Homalomena cochinchinensis Engler;
Homalomena tonkinensis Engler;