Edible plants from the wild of Cambodia (Part II)
Continue from my previous article about edible plants, this post is specially made for plants from the wild which grow naturally and people go to collect their products for daily consumptions.
Notes:
- Please note that I do not have all photos for the plants giving that they only bloom once a year or seasonally, if you want to see the photo - use the name I give to Google for the familiarity.
- I tried to find English names, in the worst case I gave scientific names which can be used as reference to your future research.
- I do not major in plants - I use my local knowledge to combine this together.
- Some plants grow in specific regions, not all Cambodian people know them all.
- They are not all - just common and some rare plants that Cambodian people eat (some specific in particular regions).
- Cambodia has uncountable species, some names are not heard of.
- These edible plants also play major role as medical plants.
Below are the list of edible plants from the wild, from big plants to shrubs, vine and mushroom.
| Parts That Are Used | Purpose of use | ||||||||
| Plant Names | Nature of plants | Local Names | Flowers | Young leaves | Pod/Stem | Tube/root | Fruits | Seed | |
| Turtle’s nail | Wild (bloom one a year, Jul) | ក្រចកអណ្តើក | x | x | Soup, Side vegetable for teuk kroeung, Stir fry | ||||
| Curcuma, Siam Tulip "Siam Ruby" known locally as Jelly flower (Curcuma sparganifolia) | Wild (bloom one a year, Jul) | ចាហួយ ឬត្រចៀកក្រាញ់ | x | x | - Flowers boiled and used as side vegetable - Tube used as dessert “Jelly” | ||||
| Cardamom | ក្រវ៉ាញ | x | Stir fry | ||||||
| Sand ginger | ប្រស់ស្វា | x | Salad | ||||||
| Pepper elder (peperomia pellucida) | ក្រសាំងទាប | x | Salad, Stir fry, Garnish | ||||||
| Barringtonia / Careya / Careya arborea (Cocky apple, Kra doon, Slow Match Tree, Wild Guava) | រាំងអន្លក់ | x | Side vegetables in many dishes, soup | ||||||
| Roselle | ម្ជូរល្មម , ថ្នឹងបារាំង | x | side vegetable | ||||||
| Rhodamnia dumetorum | ពួចអួល | x | snack | ||||||
| Mempat tree | ល្ងៀង | x | side vegetable | ||||||
| Piper longum (Long Pepper) | ដីប្លី | x | side vegetable | ||||||
| Aganonerion polymorphum (river leaf, La Giang) | ថ្នឹង | x | to add sour taste to soup | ||||||
| Melientha suavis (sprout of Melientha suavis Pierre) | ដើមប្រិច ឬ ព្រិច | x | soup | ||||||
| Garcinia schomburgkiana (Madan ) | សណ្ដាន់ | x | x | to add sour taste to soup | |||||
| Malva nut | Forest, once a year but have to cut the tree to get the fruit | សំរ៉ង | x | dessert | |||||
| White cheese-wood flowers | Forest and home | រំដួល | x | snack | |||||
| Downy rose myrtle | Forest | ពួច | x | snack | |||||
| Rice field rattan | Forest | រពាក់ | snack | ||||||
| Rattan (many kinds of rattan) | Forest | ផ្តៅ | soup (tribal community at Northeast of Cambodia eat this) | ||||||
| Bamboo shoot | Forest and home | ឬស្សី | soup, pickle | ||||||
| Tuba Roast | Forest | វល្លិអន្ទង់ | x | Drink - medical plant | |||||
| Edible willugbeia (Willughbeia edulis) | Forest | វល្លិ៍គុយ | x | fruits - soup | |||||
| Phyllanthus emblica (emblic, emblic myrobalan, myrobalan, Indian gooseberry, Malacca tree, or amla) | Forest | កន្ទួតព្រៃ | x | fruits, fresh or pickle with honey for men productive health | |||||
| Astraeus hygrometricus (Barometer earthstar, False earthstar, Hygroscopic earthstar) | Forest, once a year | ផ្សិតប៉ក់, ផ្សិតផក់, ផ្សិតផូងផាង | soup, stir fry | ||||||
| Ganoderma lucidum ( Lingzhi mushroom, Reishi mushroom ) | Forest, once a year | លិញជឺ , ផ្សិតសុក្រំ | soup, stir fry | ||||||
| Peacock mushroom | Forest, once a year | ផ្សិតក្ងោក ឬផ្សិតទន្សោង | soup, stir fry |
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