Dwarf Copper Leaf - Mukunu Wenna
- Copper Leaf or Mukunu Wenna plant is a one of the most popular leaf vegetable in Sri Lanka that native to Sri Lanka and many other countries in the world. It is often cultivates in low country wet zone and naturally found on wet soil like edge of paddy field, or marsh lands. It is use as a herbal medicine and often confuse with Alternanthera philoxeroides, commonly called "Alligator weed" which is recently added exotic weed and toxin plant should not use for food.
SLF 0000Common Classification Common Names Joyweed, Sinhala Name Mukunuwenna Scientific Classification Family Amaranthaceae Genus Alternanthera Scientific Name Alternanthera sessilis Synonym Achyranthes villosa Ecology Category Herb-Ornamental-Vegetable Growth Habit Small-Shrub Duration Perennial Origin Indigenous Status Cultivate-Natural Property Culinary / Edible Yes Use as Herb Yes Other Use n/a Poisoned / Toxin No
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