Mud Tongue

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Mud Tongue - Sebastian Romu © 2018

About

Common Names
Mud Tongue
Classification
Herbaceous, Flower
Description
A common leafy plant of the Waejiran Plateau with a soft, velvety surface to its leaves, and pairs of whorled long petalled flowers on a reedy central stem. The mud tongue is so named for the mud-like taste of its leaves, which make an excellent bitter. The flowers see some use as a vasoconstrictor.

Ecology

Rarity
Common
Distribution
Sub-tropical savanna
Life Cycle
Annual, flowering mid summer, to produce seeds dispersed by wind in early autumn.

Related Species

Uses

Cultivation
wild
Culinary
bitter (leaves)
Medicinal
vasoconstrictor (flowers)
Other

History

Cultural
Religious

Stories

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