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Cryptotaenia japonica

  • Perennial
Home Perennial Cryptotaenia japonica

Woodland in hills and mountains.

Family: Apiaceae
Height: 1 m / 4 ft
Sun, Semi-shade, Shade
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

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

Native Habitat

Mitsuba, Japanese honewort Cryptotaenia japonica native habitat is Woodland in hills and mountains.

Edible Uses

Leaves and stems - raw or cooked. Used as a flavouring with a parsley-like flavour if you let your imagination run away with you. Seedlings and young leaves can be used in salads. When cooking, the leaves should not be cooked for more than a couple of minutes or the flavour is destroyed. The leaves contain about 2.3% protein, 0.23% fat, 4.4% carbohydrate, 2.1% ash. Root - raw or cooked. Blanched stem - a celery substitute. The seed is used as a seasoning.

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