Caryophyllaceae FAMILY

Drymaria cordata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Drymaria cordata is a Annual/Perennial up to 0.60 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Japan, India and extending to the Tropics.

HabitatLowland in C. Japan[ 58 Title Flora of Japan. (English translation) Publication Author Ohwi. G. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Year 1965 ISBN - Description The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader. ]. The plant grows in tropical and sub-tropical India, but extends into the Himalayas up to elevations of 2100 metres[ 240 Title Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (Including the Supplement). Publication Author Chopra. R. N., Nayar. S. L. and Chopra. I. C. Publisher Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. Year 1986 ISBN - Description Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants chemistry. Not for the casual reader. ].