"Cat(h)" wrote in message
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I've been impressed at the huge size of the leaves on ours - almost as big
as rhubarb leaves!

The sheer girth of the stem is what floored me. They're easily 4 to 5
cm in diameter!

Yes, and the rest. Bigger than usual, must be the rain, I reckon.

Can you eat them?

:-)

Mary

You picked my curiosity.

Apparently, "The astringent quality of the leaf tea makes it useful as
a poultice for snake bites and spider bites" (see website below)

Oh, that's useful, thanks!


You can eat the seeds when ripe - though you have to compete with the
birds. And in my case, I'm going to need a ladder to harvest!

I've never had success in drying the seeds without their growing
mould :-(

Mary