Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr.: a multipurpose plant with multiple uses in traditional ethnic culinary and ethnomedicinal preparations

Table 1 Traditional food systems that are based on the S. androgynus

Country/State/Region/Tribal/indigenous community	Part used and mode of preparation	Reference(s)
S. androgynus
Natives of Ilocos Norte, Palawan and South Central Mindanao-Philippines	Young leaves and shoots are cooked	[37]
Indigenous community in the Solomon Islands, northern Australia	Curry is prepared from their leaves	[57]
Villagers of Mekong Delta, Vietnam	Consumed as leafy vegetables	[38]
Throughout Thailand	Shoot, fruits and leaves are eaten raw and cooked. Soup is also prepared	[7]
Malaysia	Leaves are eaten raw and sometimes included in salads also	[33]
Karbi tribes in Assam, India	Curry is made with leaves	[58]
Muthuvan tribes In Kerala, India	Tender leaves are cooked and consumed	[34]
S. macranthus
Southeast Asian countries	Leaves and mericarp are consumed	[7]
S. rhamnoside
Thailand	Fruits and leaves are consumed	[7]
S. thorelii
Endemic to Laos	Leaves are cooked and consumed	[7]
S. spatulifolius
South China Guangdong region	Herbal tea is prepared with an aqueous decoction of the whole plant	[59]

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