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The fruit is high in vitamin C and antioxidants, and is most often used in jams, jellies, sauces, or dried as a tart, chewy snack. With its intense flavor and dense pulp, it’s a hidden gem for those who love sour, punchy fruits and wild-foraged flavors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"825\" data-end=\"1184\" class=\"\"\u003eThis spiny, evergreen shrub or small tree grows quickly into a dense, protective barrier, making it an excellent choice for hedges, windbreaks, and food forest borders. It thrives in full sun, tolerates drought, and is highly adaptable to poor or sandy soils. The tree also supports biodiversity by providing shelter and food for wildlife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1186\" data-end=\"1510\" class=\"\"\u003eKei Apple is dioecious, meaning you’ll need both a male and female plant to produce fruit—perfect for planting as a fruiting fence row or incorporating into edible hedgerows. 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It has a number of folkloric uses that vary by different regions throughout the world, especially in parts of Asia and Africa. Leaves of bitter leaf tree can apparently be used for everything from a crispy substitute for salad greens, to treating parasitic worms, to regulating issues for diabetics, to treating Malaria symptoms. Simply put: Bitter leaf tree is an edible plant that aligns with the thinking that bitter foods are key to digestion support and general well-being.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBitterness in plants like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGymnanthemum extensum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is an evolutionary trait to discourage animals from grazing on it. However tempted herbalists learned that you can offset the bitter taste of the leaves by boiling or soaking them in multiple changes of water. This member of the Asteraceae family varies in size, growing anywhere from a small shrub in some regions, to twenty-foot-high trees in other parts of the world. In the wild, it can be found by a sweet trademark scent, thriving near sources of water like rivers and lakes, or areas with high rainfall and humidity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrime harvesting time is during the rainy season, when clipping shoots when water is high will encourage new shoots to grow. Traditional uses of bitter leaf tree include ingestion of water-based extracts for alleged treatment of liver diseases, gastrointestinal issues, bacterial infections, malaria, diabetes, kidney problems, and more. 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In Southeast Asia, plants like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSyzygium gratum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e grow in agricultural ecosystems, which develop as a result of farming and horticultural systems. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSyzygium gratum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e also occurs naturally in tropical and subtropical ecosystems from India to the Pacific Islands, where it can be found as medium-sized shrubs, or giant trees. Young shoots and new growth have a red tint, maturing into woody red stems with flaky bark, and glossy evergreen leaves. Flowers are small, round, and plentiful, and give way to white, fleshy berries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWhen young Phak Mek plants sprout in Southeast Asian villages, paddy fields, plantation areas, and secondary forests, farmers seize the opportunity to harvest and cook them. In fact, seventy percent of wild Phak Mek plants are found growing as weeds in rice fields. Here, women farmers are tasked with tending to fields by weeding out unwanted plants, serving their communities by cooking meals. Phak Mek plants are especially important to rice farmers in the rural Northeast region of Thailand, where food security can be an issue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis plant’s shoots and young leaves have a sour tannin-like taste and are eaten raw with laap (meat salad) or served blanched. Phak samek is probably the most popular forest vegetable in Laos and northeast Thailand. \u003c\/span\u003eYou can grow Phak Mek without much trouble if you can mimic its native and naturalized growing zones. Phak mek plants can be found and consumed year-round in regions with sandy loam soil, poor drainage, and high salinity.  Young shoots can be eaten cooked and served in combination with other vegetables. In homeopathic medicine, the plant is used as a natural antiseptic and stomach aid for its tannic taste. 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