Gynura procumbens
| Gynura procumbens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Genus: | Gynura |
| Species: | G. procumbens |
| Binomial name | |
| Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr. 1923 | |
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Synonymy
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Gynura procumbens (Sabuñgai), sometimes called "longevity spinach," is an edible vine found in China, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Leaves are ovate-elliptic or lanceolate, 3.5 to 8 centimeters long, and 0.8 to 3.5 centimeters wide. Flowering heads are panicled, narrow, yellow, and 1 to 1.5 centimeters long.[2][3] The plant grows wild but is also cultivated as a vegetable or medicinal plant. Its young leaves are used for cooking, such as with meat and prawns in a vegetable soup.[4]
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr.
- ↑ Flora of China, Gynura procumbens (Loureiro) Merrill, 1923. 平卧菊三七 ping wo ju san qi
- ↑ Merrill, Elmer Drew. 1923. Enumeration of Philippine Flowering Plants 3: 618
- ↑ Tanaka, Yoshitaka; Van Ke, Nguyen (2007). Edible Wild Plants of Vietnam: The Bountiful Garden. Thailand: Orchid Press. p. 50. ISBN 9745240893.
External links
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Mindanao in 1912
- IPNI Listing
- Philippine Medicinal Plants, Sabuñgai, Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr., LONGEVITY SPINACH Bai bing ca
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