Spectacle fruit
Cleome refracta

Family: Cleomaceae

What it is like

A herb that grows each year from seed. It grows 40-200 cm tall. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The blades are oval and 1-5 cm long by 0.4-2 cm wide. The flower petals are yellow.

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant.

Countries/locations it is found in

North America, USA

How it is used for food

Young plants are boiled and eaten.

Edible parts

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How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Wislizenia melilotoides Greene; Wislizenia refracta var. melilotoides (Greene) I. M. Johnst.; Wislizenia scabrida Eastw.; and others