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42 minutes ago, KennethT said:Interesting. Your diep ca looks, to me, more like rau ram. All the diep ca I've seen in Vietnam has more round, heart shaped leaves rather than the longer tapered leaves shown.
You are absolutely correct. Brain fart. Told you it's too hot. I have edited. Thanks for letting me know.
34 minutes ago, KennethT said:Interesting. Your diep ca looks, to me, more like rau ram. All the diep ca I've seen in Vietnam has more round, heart shaped leaves rather than the longer tapered leaves shown.
Hold on, please. Checking something. Will edit.
32 minutes ago, KennethT said:Interesting. Your diep ca looks, to me, more like rau ram. All the diep ca I've seen in Vietnam has more round, heart shaped leaves rather than the longer tapered leaves shown.
It's Houttunya cordata. fish mint. Very common around here and, unlike other 'Vietnamese' herbs, I've always been able to find this, although the roots / stems are more popular than the leaves here, although in other provinces the leaves are more popular. Maybe, a slightly different cultivar, but it's what my Vietnamese (Hanoi) colleagues in the university were delighted to find and they were sure it was diếp cá, it has that slightly fish smell you get from diếp cá. In fact, it was them who taught me the Vietnamese name.
9 minutes ago, KennethT said:Interesting. Your diep ca looks, to me, more like rau ram. All the diep ca I've seen in Vietnam has more round, heart shaped leaves rather than the longer tapered leaves shown.
It's Houttunya cordosis. fish mint. Very common around here and, unlike other 'Vietnamese' herbs, I've always been able to find this, although the roots / stems are more popular than the leaves here, although in other provinces the leaves are more popular. Maybe, a slightly different cultivar, but it's what my Vietnamese (Hanoi) colleagues in the university were delighted to find and they were sure it was diếp cá, it has that slightly fish smell you get from diếp cá. In fact, it was them who taught me the Vietnamese name.
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