Botanical name:
Paris polyphylla Sm. Liliaceae/Trilliaceae.
Himalayan region and China. The seeds are eaten by the Lepchas of the Himalayas. They are sweet but mawkish.
Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.
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