Hypoleuca Debregeasia (Debregeasia hypoleuca)

Family: Urticaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Debregeasia hypoleuca is an evergreen Shrub growing to 5 m (16ft 5in). See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 8 and is frost tender. It is in leaf all year, and the seeds ripen from October to November. The species is dioecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant so both male and female plants must be grown if seed is required). . The plant is not self-fertile.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Sweet but insipid and mucilaginous. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; Sweet but insipid and mucilaginous.; About the size of a pea.; Used as a flavouring.

Habitat & North American Range

Forests and shrubberies, chiefly along watercourses, 1500 - 2400 metres. (Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)