Dandelions? (forum)

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Hi there, does anyone knows what is the name of this plant? I was told that it is one type of Dandelion. I have been eating the leaves and they taste great either in stir fries or as a veg substitute for noodles, etc.
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Time: 28th January 2012 2:08pm

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Phil@Tyalgum says...
It looks a lot like handama or Okinawa spinach (Gynura crepioides). If it ever sets seed I've love to buy some from you.

Time: 28th January 2012 2:29pm

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jo says...
Hi Phil,
No problem; will get the seeds when available and mail to your mailbox.
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Time: 28th January 2012 2:33pm

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Phil@Tyalgum says...
Thanks so much - it can be a hard plant to find


Time: 28th January 2012 2:39pm

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jo says...
No problem; I will also send you the seeds for the green variety as I have both (all for free). Please let me know how to mail them to you when the seeds are ready ( I will make sure I do not nib off the top shoots to prevent them turning into seeds).

They are Okinawa Spinach as seen from the website I just googled. I got them from a friend in Brisbane. Her friend got them from friend in Taiwan and the Taiwanese got them from the Japanese residents there!

cheerio.
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Time: 28th January 2012 2:57pm

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jo says...
Oh, my wish list is a chempedak and or a "dugu" seed (both are tropical plant). Dont know how I can bring them in thru customs...no way thru that means. If you dont have either of them, no problem at all.

Ok, noted your email; you may delete it from your post now. when I got the seeds, i will email you for the address to mail them to you.

cheerio.
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Time: 28th January 2012 3:29pm

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Phil@Tyalgum says...
Jo do you have a botanical name for dugu at all?

Time: 28th January 2012 3:53pm

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jo says...
Phil,
Unfortunately, I do not know the name. "duku" or "dugu" looks like "Langsat" but it is sweeter with smaller or less seeds .
It is ok; I think perhaps some people in perth are growing the tree and reaping the fruits of their labour.
cheers.
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Time: 28th January 2012 6:07pm

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jo says...
Hi Phil,

The scientific name is Lansium domesticum; it is called "Duku Langsat" .
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Time: 28th January 2012 6:19pm

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Mike says...
I believe you can bring in duku and chempadek seeds just google aqis icon and put in the genera and seeds for sowing.Lansium domesticum is probably a composite of four close 'hybridisable' species and all of the domestic ones have seeds that are like mangosteens being nucellic inclusions.Malaysia alone has at least 50 CVs.Grafted ones take 7-10 years to fruit and perhaps double that for seedlings.Long kong are the most esteemed with duku-langsat,some duku and a couple of langsats very good.Kokasans and sour langsat are pretty ordinary.Excellent duku,longkong and chempadek are already in Australia.

Time: 28th January 2012 8:01pm

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jo says...
HI Mike, thanks for the input.
Which nursery sells the duku langsat and the chempadek in Australia? I wonder if Cape Tribulation sells them? I tried to contact them before, but got no response. Any ideas? I doubt that I can bring the seeds from overseas thru the customs.

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Time: 28th January 2012 8:08pm

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Mike says...
I suppose that was the gotz or grays and they don't sell the trees.Limberlost don't sell them very often and it is not usually top quality ones they have of those two.Since the 2 cyclones it is really nobody selling them I suppose.Where is Kingsford and is it there you were hoping to grow them in?

Time: 28th January 2012 8:51pm

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jo says...
Hi Mike and Phil,

I think these plants take ages to grow and fruit and I am deleting them from my wish list. (better be "down to earth").
Kingsford is in NSW (near the City) and I think the weather here is ok for tropical plants, although some plants need protection from the cold in winter (papaya trees need to be covered with plastic sheeting in winter).


Time: 28th January 2012 8:58pm

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trikus says...
Langsats and Duku only suitable for the tropics .. you are only in for heartbreak and financial ruin trying in nsw .. same for chempadek


Time: 28th January 2012 8:59pm

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jo says...
Yes, you are right. Funny thing is that the papayas and bananas can be grown here and they are tropical plants too.

Time: 28th January 2012 9:02pm

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Mike says...
Equatorials are different from tropicals and sub-tropicals and duku would be a stretch like durian or rambutan.I think jackfruit does alright in NSW and chempadek is only a feather more tropical in its native distribution.Are you in Sydney?

Time: 28th January 2012 9:21pm

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jo says...
Thanks for making the distinction for me.
Back in Borneo, we have all those tropical/sub-tropical and equatorial fruits available. Yes, I am in Sydney.

Time: 28th January 2012 9:25pm

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Mike says...
I ask because I have to send a parcel to Sydney next week and it would be easy to throw a few chempadek seeds in there.The again Sydney is a big place and I would have to alert them etc.

Time: 28th January 2012 9:57pm

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jo says...
Hi Mike,
That was nice of you; thanks for that. I dont think I will plant chempedak or duku or even durians as these take a long time to grow/fruit from seeds.

By the way, if you would like the seeds of the Okinawa Spinach, I will send them to you when the plants start to grow them.
please let me have your email in order to contact you for your mailing address.

So you grow Chempedaks? Your weather must be more suited to it. Back in Borneo, they grow wild in the jungles because there are monkeys everywhere and they "sow" the seeds after consuming the fruits, etc. My relatives' land (untouched )has lots of them.

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Time: 29th January 2012 5:32am

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Paul says...
This is a photograph of Gynura japonica which is eaten as a green in Okinawa.

Time: 7th March 2012 9:58am

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denise says...
they grow really easy by cuttings. I think they are not native to japan,

Time: 7th March 2012 11:27am

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Rev says...
Yes forget seeds I'm not even sure they are viable
Just stick a piece in the ground

It's amazing finding out the origin of your plants in a personal way!

So those Japanese that sent a plant to Taiwan
Who gave plants to people in Brisbane
That somehow got plants to northey st city farm
Who sold Me a tiny cutting
That i nursed carefully
And took to north qld , where it's been spread around the atherton tablelands homesteaders
And given to aboriginal gardeners at yarrabah
And now it's been planted in a small village in the bali highlands..
Plot that on a map. Isn't it amazing!

Time: 11th March 2012 7:23am

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coolbreeze says...
Hey all,

That really IS amazing Rev.

Six years later and it is everywhere now. I don't think anybody would have much trouble finding it nowadays.
I cut it back monthly or whenever needed to stop overgrowth. Also to keep the shoots nice and tender for eating.
I'm sure if all traced back far enough, somehow, someway they would all have come from the same origins.

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