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Edible Debregeasia

Debregeasia orientalis

Edible Debregeasia
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0

Debregeasia orientalis is a large shrub from the nettle family, native to the Himalayas and East Asia, grown mainly for its edible fruit. It prefers shade and consistently moist conditions in the wild and is rarely cultivated outside its native range.

Family
Urticaceae (Nettle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged, as it grows in wet mountain valleys.
Soil
Humus-rich, well-drained but moisture-retentive soil.
Temperature
Cool to warm subtropical conditions, roughly 5–28 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
Himalaya to C. & S. China and NW. Myanmar, Temp. E. Asia
Climate
subtropical

About

Debregeasia orientalis, common name yanagi ichigo, is a large shrub belonging to the family Urticaceae.

Where it grows

This species is native to Bhutan, north-eastern India, Nepal, China, Taiwan and Japan. It prefers shaded, wet places in mountain valleys, at an elevation of 300–2,800 metres (980–9,190 ft) above sea level.

Other Debregeasia plants

China Grass · Orange Wild Rhea · Himalayan Wild Rhea · Debregeasia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Debregeasia orientalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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