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Food - Young leave are cooked and eaten as vegetable. The yellow fruits are also edible, pleasently sweet flavour. Medicine - Leaves are used in the treatment of itch, as a poltice on boils.
Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
Subtropical biome, 1400-2500m
Perennial shrub 1-3m tall.
Woody, erect stem that form a shrub-like structure.
Broad, often with serrated edges.
Small and inconspicuous, produced in clusters.
Small, dry achenes.
Flowering: Februrary - April.