Salsola_komarovii

<i>Salsola komarovii</i>

Salsola komarovii

Species of plant


Salsola komarovii is an annual plant native to China, Korea, Japan and eastern Russia. It grows to a height of 20 to 50 centimeters (8 to 20 in).[1] It is cultivated as a vegetable; the leaves and young shoots are eaten.[2] In Japanese it is known as okahijiki[2] which translates as "land seaweed".

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References

  1. Zhu, Gelin; Mosyakin, Sergei L.; Clemants, Steven E. "Salsola komarovii". Flora of China. Vol. 5. Retrieved 28 October 2015 via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  2. Kays, Stanley J. (2011). Cultivated Vegetables of the World: A Multilingual Onomasticon. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. p. 124. ISBN 978-9086861644.

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