Angelica megaphylla

Family: Apiaceae

What it is like

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It can grow to 2.5 m tall. The root is cone shaped and brown. The stem is 2 cm across and has thin ribs. The leaf stalks are about 20 cm long. The leaves are triangle or oval shaped and 20-40 cm long by 20-35 cm wide. There are 1-3 pairs of leaflets. The end one has unequal lobes. The leaflets are 5-12 cm long by 2-6 cm wide.

There are 50 Angelica species. They are temperate plants.

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant. It grows in grassland and beside streams between 1,500-2,000 m above sea level in Sichuan in China.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, China, Korea

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Leaves

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Peucedanum megaphyllum (Diels) H. Boissieu;