Ophiopogon intermedius

Family: Asparagaceae

What it is like

A herb. The roots can be fleshy. There is a short thick rhizome. The leaves are at the base and in tufts. They do not have leaf stalks and are like grass leaves. They are 15-55 cm long by 2-15 mm wide. There are teeth along the edge. The flower stalk is 20-50 cm tall and there are many flowers in a small panicle. The flowers are in clusters or 2 or 3 and they are white or purplish.

Where it is found

It is a tropical plant. It grows in evergreen broad-leaved forests and bamboo forests in moist shady places between 700-3,000 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Sikkim, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam

How it is used for food

The ripe fruit are eaten raw. The tubers are eaten raw.

Edible parts

Fruit, tubers

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Domseu, Ovopishu

Synonyms

Flueggea dubia Kunth; Flueggea griffithii Baker; Flueggea intermedia (D. Don) Kunth; Flueggea jacquemontiana Kunth; Flueggia japonica var. intermedia (D. Don) Schult.; Flueggia wallichiana Kunth; Mondo intermedium (D. Don) L. H. Bailey; Mondo japonicum var. griffithii (Baker) Farw.; Mondo japonicum var. intermedium (D. Don) Farw.; Mondo japonicum var. wallichianum (Kunt) Farw.; Mondo scabrum Ohwi; Mondo wallichianum (Kunth) L. H. Bailey; Ophiopogon aciformis F. T. Wang & Tang ex H. Li & Y. P. Yang; Ophiopogon compressus Y. Wan & C. C. Huang; Ophiopogon griffithii (Baker) Hook.f.; Ophiopogon indicus Wight; Ophiopogon longibracteatus H. Li & Y. P. Yang; Ophiopogon longipedicellatus Y. Wan & C. C. Huang; Ophiopogon parviflorus (Hook.f.) H. Hara; Ophiopogon wallichianus (Kunth) Hook.f.; Ophiopogon xiaokuai Z. Y. Zhu;