Algae and Plants
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Hedyotis auricularia (Linnaeus)
Order: Rubiales
Family: Rubiaceae
Common name: Not available.
Distribution: Native to tropical and
subtropical Asia and to islands of the
Northwest Pacific.
Habitat: Wet grassland, streamsides.
Description: It is a widespread perennial herb 1 m tall. Stems are flattened,
four-angled, sometimes glabrescent.
Leaves of this species are subsessile
to petiolate, 0.4–3 cm wide. Cyme is
densely arranged, being head shaped,
axillary, without common peduncle.
Corolla is white, tubular, and its lobes
measure 0.5–1 mm across. The shoot of
this species is edible (Tao and Taylor,
2011).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition of Shoot (% DM)
Fat
CHO a
Protein
3.0
7.3
7.88
a Carbohydrate.
Minerals (% DM)
P
N2
K
Na
0.4
0.4
0.12 0.01
Source: Data from Jain et al.
(2011).
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Hedyotis auricularia (Linnaeus)
Order: Rubiales
Family: Rubiaceae
Common name: Not available.
Distribution: Native to tropical and
subtropical Asia and to islands of the
Northwest Pacific.
Habitat: Wet grassland, streamsides.
Description: It is a widespread perennial herb 1 m tall. Stems are flattened,
four-angled, sometimes glabrescent.
Leaves of this species are subsessile
to petiolate, 0.4–3 cm wide. Cyme is
densely arranged, being head shaped,
axillary, without common peduncle.
Corolla is white, tubular, and its lobes
measure 0.5–1 mm across. The shoot of
this species is edible (Tao and Taylor,
2011).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition of Shoot (% DM)
Fat
CHO a
Protein
3.0
7.3
7.88
a Carbohydrate.
Minerals (% DM)
P
N2
K
Na
0.4
0.4
0.12 0.01
Source: Data from Jain et al.
(2011).