Huang Ping (Vitex negundo)

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

Bloom Color: Lavender. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Rounded, Spreading or horizontal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Seed - occasionally used as a condiment, it is a pepper substitute. When washed to remove the bitterness it can be ground into a powder and used as a flour, though it is very much a famine food used only when all else fails. — Seed - occasionally used as a condiment, it is a pepper substitute.; When washed to remove the bitterness it can be ground into a powder and used as a flour, though it is very much a famine food used only when all else fails.; A tea is made from the roots and leaves.

Habitat & North American Range

Wasteland up to 2000 metres in the Himalayas. Mixed thickets on mountain slopes at elevations of 200 - 1400 metres in China. (Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)