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The Lanna Eating Culture
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Phak chumpa


 
            Blumea Napifolia DC. H
 
            Compositae
 
            Phak pum pa, phak kat na (Rattana Phromphichai, 1999, p. 3859)
 
            Annual plant generally grown 1 month after rice planting. Stems are soft, green, succulent, 10-20 cm. high, few stems, 2-3 stems at the tip. Leaves simple, alternate around the nodes, very thin, 1-1.5 X 1.5-3 cm., petiole 0.5 cm. lanceolate, acute, entire, pinnate. Inflorescence clusters, 0.5 cm long, no petiole, no sepals, 5 petals, purplish white, 5 stamens, 1 pistil, blooms from June-July, from bottom upward. Seeds round. The plants are generally grown as weeds in the paddy fields. (Rattana Phromphichai, 1999, p. 3859)
 
        
            No nutritional information available. The plant is used as a vegetable in yam or eaten with namphrik, especially with namphrik pla, either fresh or blanched. (Rattana Phromphichai, 1999, p. 3859; Noi Chamrat, personal communication, June 22, 2007)
 
            

Rattana Phromphichai. (1999). Pum pla, phak. InSaranukrom Wattanathamthai Phak Nuea (Vol.8,p.3859). Bangkok: The Siam Commercial Bank Foundation for the Encyclopedia of Thai Culture. (in thai).