nitayagirl Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Could someone help me out by identifying this weed? It's a rampant creeping vine with heart-shaped leaves. The stems are purple and squarish in cross-section. Sorry, no flowers on it at the moment. Is it safe to feed pigs/goats/chickens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Looks like Morning Glory to me... Thais use it as a vegetable.... Just ask a Thai to confirm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xonax Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Looks like Morning Glory to me... Thais use it as a vegetable.... Just ask a Thai to confirm! confirmed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Pak bung, we feed it to the ducks and occasionally eat it ourselves. Morning Glory is another plant of the same family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonjake Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 yep safe to give to all your animals, we have it on our pond, pigs love it as a treat not to feed them on, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 We are still working on it ,but it is not Pak -Boon,or the English name of Morning Glory ,son -in- law use to regular feed it to his pigs ,it is manly a water plant ,misses has sent me in to our local klong for some ,a few times ,often get it with Som -Tum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 My missus reckons its this.. Winged Bean or Toa Pu ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 The beans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamone Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 It's vine looks like some kind of Yam(Dioscorea) to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Not sure but it looks like what comes with a side dish of veg and nam prik. Sent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Wife says toa pu. Sent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitayagirl Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 Thanks for all the feedback. It is definitely not morning glory (ผักบุ้ง pak bung) as that has a round, green, hollow stems and narrow leaves. This plant has squarish, solid (not hollow), purple stems and rounder leaves. It's also not winged bean (ถั่วพู thua phoo) as that has a very thin stem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Thanks for all the feedback. It is definitely not morning glory (ผักบุ้ง pak bung) as that has a round, green, hollow stems and narrow leaves. This plant has squarish, solid (not hollow), purple stems and rounder leaves. It's also not winged bean (ถั่วพู thua phoo) as that has a very thin stem. I have to agree, my wife said immediately that this was Pak bung, so that's what I suggested, as well as the fact that you collect it from ponds. Answer now: dunno. Show us the flowers when you get that far, I can't remember seeing an aquatic plant like that around here, Buriram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Thanks for all the feedback. It is definitely not morning glory (ผักบุ้ง pak bung) as that has a round, green, hollow stems and narrow leaves. This plant has squarish, solid (not hollow), purple stems and rounder leaves. It's also not winged bean (ถั่วพู thua phoo) as that has a very thin stem. As someone suggested, ask a Thai. They'll usually know if it's edible or not.Sent from my SMART_4G_Speedy_5inch using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitayagirl Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 Thanks for all the feedback. It is definitely not morning glory (ผักบุ้ง pak bung) as that has a round, green, hollow stems and narrow leaves. This plant has squarish, solid (not hollow), purple stems and rounder leaves. It's also not winged bean (ถั่วพู thua phoo) as that has a very thin stem. I have to agree, my wife said immediately that this was Pak bung, so that's what I suggested, as well as the fact that you collect it from ponds. Answer now: dunno. Show us the flowers when you get that far, I can't remember seeing an aquatic plant like that around here, Buriram. I never said I collect it from ponds. (That was kickstart who said that about pak boong.) This plant grows on dry land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Morning glory, pak boong as Thais call it, we have plenty growing here. My bantams love it, wifes crickets love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvs Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Antigonon Leptopus.Is edible but many farmers consider it a weed.Pretty pink flowers nearly year round. We grow some on a trellis just because it looks nice,very fast growing. According to my darling Ann who knows a lot of plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitayagirl Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 Morning glory, pak boong as Thais call it, we have plenty growing here. My bantams love it, wifes crickets love it. It's not pak boong. See post #12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitayagirl Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 Antigonon Leptopus.Is edible but many farmers consider it a weed.Pretty pink flowers nearly year round. We grow some on a trellis just because it looks nice,very fast growing. According to my darling Ann who knows a lot of plants. It's not Antigonon leptopus because that has tendrils and my plant doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seizhin Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Could you upload more pictures from different angle, maybe with your ruler as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 This one is taking some identifying ,my misses knows the plant ,but not the name same with sister in law ,one guy gave me a name ,Don-See- Leeum, literary, 4 cornered plant ,Goggled it nothing come up ,I think a lot of names will be local names . Not given up yet ,it's out they some where . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Still looks like Tua Pu... Or Tua Fuk Yao possibly !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitayagirl Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Could you upload more pictures from different angle, maybe with your ruler as well? Here's some better photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitayagirl Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Someone told me it was jing jor liam (จิงจ้อเหลี่ยม) which would make it Operculina turpethum. Can anyone confirm that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooked Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 we need to see the flower, fruits. Any seedlings at the foot of the plant? If it's an Ipomoea that should be obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Someone told me it was jing jor liam (จิงจ้อเหลี่ยม) which would make it Operculina turpethum. Can anyone confirm that? I think that is correct, my misses had a look at the photos posted on the net of the names , you wrote the flowers can be white or purple, and the fruit looks the same . She said last week ,it was called อีจ้อ , e- jor, I Googled that (,and all that come up was a character from a South Korean soap opera ,showing on Thai tv) , which made me think that could have been a local name, not recorded . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitayagirl Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 She said last week ,it was called อีจ้อ , e- jor, I Googled that (,and all that come up was a character from a South Korean soap opera ,showing on Thai tv) , which made me think that could have been a local name, not recorded . That's the northern Thai name for jing jor liam. Is your wife from the north? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitayagirl Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 we need to see the flower, fruits. Any seedlings at the foot of the plant? If it's an Ipomoea that should be obvious. No flowers or fruit at the moment. I'll see if I can find some seedlings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 She said last week ,it was called อีจ้อ , e- jor, I Googled that (,and all that come up was a character from a South Korean soap opera ,showing on Thai tv) , which made me think that could have been a local name, not recorded . That's the northern Thai name for jing jor liam. Is your wife from the north? . You lean something new every day ,e- jor the northern name for the plant . My misses is Lopburi, born and bred . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitayagirl Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 The plant has flowered and is confirmed to be Operculina turpethum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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