Dwarf Copper Leaf - Mukunu Wenna

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.
  • Common Classification
    Common NamesJoyweed, 
    Sinhala NameMukunuwenna
    Scientific Classification
    FamilyAmaranthaceae
    GenusAlternanthera
    Scientific NameAlternanthera sessilis
    SynonymAchyranthes villosa
    Ecology
    CategoryHerb-Ornamental-Vegetable
    Growth HabitSmall-Shrub
    DurationPerennial
    OriginIndigenous
    StatusCultivate-Natural
    Property
    Culinary / EdibleYes
    Use as HerbYes
    Other Usen/a
    Poisoned / ToxinNo
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