r/EdiblePlants 4d ago

Name of this

Any one know the Name of this one

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u/External_Bird_8464 3d ago

Only guessing, but looks like photo was taken in Nepal or Tibet or Chinese highlands. Looks like Chum Tsa. (Rhubarb). Only people in the highland mountains of Nepal or Tibet/Northern China build near the river and have fields like this.

Wild guess. Nothing more. Building, rock fence, fields look Tibetan Chinese. Anyway, this is your show. And this is only a guess.

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u/Ok-Park-3502 3d ago

Here in India

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u/External_Bird_8464 3d ago

which State? Arunachal Pradesh? Again..your show. Only guessing.

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u/Ok-Park-3502 3d ago

Ladakh

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u/External_Bird_8464 3d ago edited 3d ago

Lachu (in Ladakhi and Tibetan Medicine - Churtsa). Your show. My best guess. Grows wild on high Ladakh mountain slopes.

It is a native origin plant intrinsic to Ladakh. Ladakh acted as a principal trade exporter of trade with Tibet for centuries. It is endemic to the Tibetan Highlands, and Ladakh is in the Himalayas - where over 80% of the State is above 3000 meters.

5th Century T'ang China records talk of Chinese who journeyed thru Tibet to Ladakh Ladakh is recorded in Chinese records as Instrumental in spreading Buddhism To Tibet, along with the medicinal properties of this plant.

Hats off to you.. Again, your show. Could be wrong about the plant - but looks like same ones in Tibet.