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Thursday, June 19, 2014

EDIBLE WEEDS : PART 11

RANTI

Ranti or glossy nightdhade (Solanum americanum) is common weed on the home garden or farmland.
It grows easily on so many type of soil.
I have ever posted about this plant last year.
If you want to know more about it you can check my old post.
Sometimes we can find it grow so well on the roadside.
Ranti have little white flowers.
This plant produces little fruits in a cluster.
The fruit a globular berry, from green turning glossy bluish black or purplish black at maturity, readily shed when ripe.
When I was a young girl, I used to pick this fruit from the road side after school, then ate it with my friends or my sister.
The young leaves and tender shoot are well known as a green vegetable.
This green is usually cooked as a soup, steamed or sometimes eaten raw.
The taste is slightly bitter.
In traditional medicine, a decoction of the leaves is used a lotion for yaws an to alleviate neuralgic pains.
The fruit have laxative and diuretic properties.
In West Java, the berries are recommended as an afphrodisiac.
We can find this green sold on some traditional market, especially on the highland area.
Although this weed is annoying, buy ee can get some benefit from it.
So...Don't forget it...


14 comments:

  1. Sounds a bit scary eat nightshade as we have deadly nightshade which is poisonous although potatoes and tomatios are also in the solanum family. In Victorian times they made belladonna eye drops from the deadly nightshade plant to dilate eyes and make women look beautiful.

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    1. Wow... it's really interesting information. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. I think our nightshade is poison as I haven't seen animals eat it but your version is edible.

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    1. Yes, the traditional concept to survive on the wildlife 'we eat what animal eat'

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  3. For me not grow these crops.
    I hope that is not toxic. You well know on the plants.
    Greetings.
    Lucia

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    1. Thank you, Lucia. May be you have your own useful weeds, and they are different to mine.

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  4. Very interesting! I keep going back to you publishing a book about edible weeds as many people don't know much about them or the benefits... Thank you for teaching us! Nicole xo

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    1. Thank you, Nicole. I have to learn more about plants before write a book. Need a hard work.

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  5. Salam Endah,

    Sama kah dengan Pucuk Meranti? Jika ya..kami di sini buat masak lemak putih di campur dengan sedikit belacan dan cili padi.

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    1. Salam Honey,
      Sepertinya tanaman ini sama dengan pucuk meranti. Sepertinya saya perlu coba resepmu.

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  6. This is what I call as Indian vegetables! Indonesian have it too? It's very beneficial vegetable!

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    1. Yes, that's right. As long as I know this plant is very popular in India. Here, ranti only popular in highland area.

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  7. We have no this weed here. I'd love to taste it!

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