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Lapsana apogonoides
 

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Herb latin name: Lapsana apogonoides

Family: Compositae

Edible parts of Lapsana apogonoides:

Young plant - cooked. A famine food, it is only used when better foods are not available. Seed - cooked. It can be used like rice.

Description of the plant:

Habitat of the herb:

River banks, cultivated fields and thickets in lowland of central and southern Japan.

Propagation of Lapsana apogonoides:

Seed - sow in situ during mid to late summer, or as soon as it is ripe, and only just cover the seed.

Cultivation of the herb:

River banks, cultivated fields and thickets in lowland of central and southern Japan.

Medicinal use of Lapsana apogonoides:

None known

Known hazards of Lapsana apogonoides:

None known

Plant information taken from the Plants For A Future.