The Acanthus Family
Adhotoda vasica, Nees. India (Himalayas, western; Kumaon region): tender shoots boiled and eaten with salt and sometimes mixed with curd; (Garhwal Himalayas): shoots and stem eaten. Vernacular name - Kumaon region: Basinga. Ref. BHARGAVA, GUPTA.
Asteracantha longifolia, Nees. (syn. Hygrophila spinosa, T. Anders.) India: herb eaten. Ref. WATT.
Asystasia coromandeliana, Nees. in Wall. India (Madras Presidency): eaten as greens. Vernacular names - Tamil: Midchy keeray. Telugu: Mukku mungera tappeta. Ref. SHORTT.
Asystasia gangetica, T. Anders. India: unspecified portion of plant eaten. Ref. WATT.
Hygrophila lancea, Miq. China: leaves eaten with oil and salt. Ref. READ.
Hygrophila serphyllum, T. Anders. India (Ahmednagar district, Bombay Presidency): leaves eaten. Vernacular name - Godadi. Ref. GAMMIE.
Hygrophila spinosa, T. Anders. India: (Igatpuri, Nasik district, Bombay Presidency): leaves eaten. Vernacular name - Kolosana. Ref. GAMMIE.
Rosetellularia procumbens, Nees. China: leaves eaten with oil and salt. Vernacular name: Carp Scale. Ref. READ.
Strobilanthus oliganthus, Miq. China: shoots and leaves eaten. Vernacular name: Cone -Flower. Ref. READ.