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Green harmony , Longevity spinach , Cholesterol spinach
Gynura procumbens
13.7817, 100.696
Field Notes
Description:
G. procumbens is a scrambling or weakly climbing, perennial herb with stems up to 6 m long, leafy, smooth or sparsely pubescent.
The leaves are almost egg-shaped and slightly different shape between each leaf. The size is 3 cm-10 cm x 0.5 cm-3 cm. The lower surface is more or less purple. The leaf is located at the base of stalk at the stem. It has long stalk or no stalk and sometimes with a small lobe.
The flower is arising from the axils and has 20 head of terminal flat-topped indeterminate inflorescence that is long cylindrical or like-tube shape. The flower stalk is up to 6 cm long with 8 to 13 rings of flower stalk inside which are 8 to 17 mm long and smooth. The yellow to red petal is 10 to 16 mm long.
The fruit is 5-6 mm long.
Habitat:
G. procumbens occurs in a wide range of habitats, but prefers moist forest, up to 2800 m altitude.
Easy to grow.
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