| Accepted name: |
Blitum bonus-henricus L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Good King Henry
Good King Henry
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| French names: |
Chénopode bon-henri
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Chenopodiaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HBLIBO
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Young shoots are also blanched by dark treatment (asparagus spinach). Formerly used medicinally (Radix et Herba Boni Henrici). Already grown as a vegetable in classical times(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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