Hemerocallis middendorffii esculenta (Hemerocallidaceae )

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Hemerocallis middendorffii esculenta
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The Hemerocallis middendorffii esculenta plant species is found in E. Asia - China, Japan It is a member of the Hemerocallidaceae family. Some home gardeners know the variety as H. esculenta. Koidz.

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Latin Name:  Hemerocallis middendorffii esculenta
Family:  Hemerocallidaceae
Author:  (Koidz.)Ohwi.

Known Hazards:  Large quantities of the leaves are said to be halucinogenic. Blanching the leaves removes this hallucinatory component[205]. (This report does not make clear what it means by blanching, it could be excluding light from the growing shoots or immersing in boiling water[K].)

Mature Height:  0.5   Mature Width:

Habitat:  Meadows in high mountains, N. and C. Japan[58, 205].

Edible Uses: Leaves and young shoots - cooked[105, 116, 177, 183]. They must be consumed when very young or else they become fibrous[K]. Flowers and flower buds - raw or cooked[105, 127, 177, 183]. The flowers are crisp and succulent with a delicious sweet flavour and no aftertaste[K]. The flowers can be dried and used as a thickener in soups etc. The flower buds contain about 43mg vitamin C per 100g, 983 IU vitamin A and 3.1% protein[205].

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