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Dendrobium is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. It is a very large genus, containing more than 1,800 species that are found in diverse habitats throughout much of south, east and southeast Asia, including China, Japan, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, New Guinea, Vietnam and many of the islands of the Pacific.
The leaves of the plant reach out towards the sun and for this reason the plant is sometimes called the Compass Plant. Prickly Lettuce can grow to be from two to five feet tall but should be harvested early on when it is a few inches high. The young leaves of the plant are very tender and make an excellent salad green.
Dendrobium sect. Aquea Kraenzl. 1910; ... Plants in this section have moderate length thin pseudobulbs with leaves at upper two thirds of the pseudobulb. [3]
Leaves, boiled as a vegetable, or raw with the shoots if young Seeds, raw or toasted, or ground to flour [37] Spear saltbush, common orache Atriplex patula: Semi-arid deserts and coastal areas in Asia, North America, Europe, and Africa Young leaves and shoots, raw or cooked as a substitute for spinach [8] Ice plant, sour fig: Carpobrotus edulis
Talinum fruticosum is a herbaceous perennial plant that is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, West Africa, Central America, and much of South America.Common names include Ceylon spinach, [2] waterleaf, cariru, Gbure, Surinam purslane, Philippine spinach, Florida spinach, potherb fameflower, Lagos bologi, sweetheart, and Kutu bataw in Ghana from the Akan language [1] It is widely grown in ...
also used as a vegetable (leaves and roots) and sugar substitute (roots) Quinine: Cinchona officinalis and related species: Rubiaceae: tree culinary (rarely), medicinal bark main culinary use is as tonic water: Cassia: Cinnamomum cassia: Lauraceae: tree culinary, medicinal bark, buds often sold as cinnamon sticks: Indian bay leaf: Cinnamomum ...
Dendrobium cucumerinum MacLeay ex Lindl. 1842: Australia ( Queensland) 50–800 metres (160–2,620 ft) Dendrobium erythraeum Schuit. & de Vogel 2003: Papua New Guinea: Dendrobium flagellum Schltr. 1912: New Guinea: 150 metres (490 ft) Dendrobium fuliginosum (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) P.F.Hunt 1998: New Guinea: Dendrobium leptophyton Schuit. & de ...
Dendrobium canaliculatum, commonly known as the brown tea tree orchid or thin tea tree orchid, [2] is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It has cone-shaped or onion-shaped pseudobulbs, up to six deeply channelled, dark green leaves and up to thirty star-shaped, light brown to caramel-coloured white or greenish to apricot-coloured flowers with darker tips.