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Olax zeylanica is a small to medium tree in the Olacaceae family, the type species of the genus Olax, native to the Indian Subcontinent and Myanmar. Its young leaves are a common wild leafy vegetable in rural Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Olax zeylanica is a plant species in the family Olacaceae and the type species of the genus Olax. It is found in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, where it is widely used as a leafy vegetable in rural areas. It is known by local people as "මැල්ල - mella" in Sri Lanka.
Leaves- vegetable, medicinal.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Olax zeylanica 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.
