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Medeola virginiana

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Home Perennial Medeola virginiana

Rich woods, margins of swamps and bogs.

Family: Trilliaceae
Height: 0.3 m / 1 ft
Semi-shade
Light, Medium Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 4 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 1 of 5
Other Uses: 1 of 5

Native Habitat

Indian Cucumber Root Medeola virginiana native habitat is Rich woods, margins of swamps and bogs.

Edible Uses

Root - raw or cooked. Crisp and tender with the aroma and taste of cucumbers. A sweet flavour. The root is up to 8cm long.

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