Mitsu-ba Cryptotaenia japonica
- Phonetic Spelling
- krip-toh-TY-nee-ah jah-PON-ih-kah
- This plant has low severity poison characteristics.
- See below
- Description
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A perennial with thick roots. The leaves have a clasping base, long stalk, and 3-toothed leaflets, those near the flowers undivided. The flowers are small, white, and in umbrella-shaped clusters.
Roots can be cooked and eaten as a starchy vegetable. Leaves can be used as salad greens.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Cryptotaenia
- Species:
- japonica
- Family:
- Apiaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Vietnam to Sakhalin and Temp. Eastern Asia
- Edibility:
- Cooked, starchy root or salad greens
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Edible
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Perennial
- Poisonous
- Vegetable
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- White
- Flower Size:
- < 1 inch
- Flower Description:
- Small, white, and in umbrella-shaped clusters
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Value To Gardener:
- Edible
- Leaf Type:
- Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
- Simple
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Clasping base, long stalk, and 3-toothed leaflets, those near flowers undivided
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Problems:
- Contact Dermatitis
- Poisonous to Humans
