mak len mai

[Lao]

Indian trumpet flower. A strange plant that sheds enormous flowers overnight. They are said to lie on the ground around the tree looking like broken limbs. Laos, of course, has had unpleasant experience of broken limbs and they know whereof they speak. It is reputed to be the most bombed nation in the world. The plant has edible leaves, stems and flowers, and is also used in traditional medicines.

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