Biology:Adelia barbinervis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Adelia barbinervis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Adelia
Species:
A. barbinervis
Binomial name
Adelia barbinervis

Adelia barbinervis, commonly known as teenek, is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, that is native to southern Mexico and northern Central America. The Huastec Maya cultivated the plant as a famine food, cooking the shoots and tender leaves as greens. It is common in milpa regrowth ecosystems.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Freedman, Robert (2010-05-12). "EUPHORBIACEAE The Spurge family". Famine Foods. NewCROP. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/faminefoods/ff_families/euphorbiaceae.html. Retrieved 2010-08-02. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4681931 entry