Pansit-pansitan (Peperomia pellucida) interestingness
Pansit-pansitan is an erect, branched, annual herb, shallow rooted, reaching up to 40 centimeters high, with very succulent stems. Stems are round, often about 5 millimeters thick. Leaves are alternate, heart-shaped and turgid, as transparent and smooth as candle wax. Spikes are green, erect, very slender, 1 to 6 centimeters long. Tiny dot-like flowers scattered along solitary and leaf-opposed stalk (spike); naked; maturing gradually from the base to the tip; turning brown when ripe
Considered anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, refrigerant, analgesic, antifungal, anticancer and currently being studied for its use in the treatment of arthritis and gout.
it supposedly eaten as a salad or drunk as a tea
source: stuart xchange
Pansit-pansitan (Peperomia pellucida) interestingness
Pansit-pansitan is an erect, branched, annual herb, shallow rooted, reaching up to 40 centimeters high, with very succulent stems. Stems are round, often about 5 millimeters thick. Leaves are alternate, heart-shaped and turgid, as transparent and smooth as candle wax. Spikes are green, erect, very slender, 1 to 6 centimeters long. Tiny dot-like flowers scattered along solitary and leaf-opposed stalk (spike); naked; maturing gradually from the base to the tip; turning brown when ripe
Considered anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, refrigerant, analgesic, antifungal, anticancer and currently being studied for its use in the treatment of arthritis and gout.
it supposedly eaten as a salad or drunk as a tea
source: stuart xchange