Olax shoots

Olax psittacorum

leaf · vegetable

Tasty young shoots, eaten raw, of a climbing shrub with thorny old branches, from dry thickets near the sea, from the Himalayas to Java.

Origin

From the Himalayas to Indochina and Java

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The young shoots are rinsed and eaten raw, in small amounts, alongside the dish.

Molecules

Beta-carotene (vitamin A) · Lutein and zeaxanthinIn small amounts, not counted Vegetable nitrates · Chlorophyll

Did you know?

Leaning on neighbouring trees, it can stretch out to twenty metres.