neem flowers
ingredient / ingredient-neem-flowers
ニームの花 / Azadirachta indica var. siamensis
Neem flowers: the young inflorescences of Thai sadao. Records describe them being prepared together with young shoots and eaten with accompaniments such as a sweet fish-sauce dip.
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Reading the bitterness
A Thai government-affiliated site records the young inflorescences of sadao as an edible part, along with the young shoots. The subject is Thai sadao, and inflorescences cannot be treated as the same part as the leaves or young shoots. From this material, it is not possible to tell whether the record of edibility also applies to other regions or plant varieties.
A systematic review includes a statement that the young leaves and flowers of Thai sadao are commonly eaten as a bitter item. However, the original source cited by the review has not been directly confirmed, and this is a description that groups the young leaves and flowers together. It is not a sensory test that measured the bitterness of the flowers alone, nor a result showing a difference in bitterness by part.
Sources for this overview
10 สมุนไพร ที่ปลูกทานเองที่สวนหลังบ้าน
Checked for this overview: Matched the record of edibility for the young inflorescences and young shoots of Thai sadao with the limitation regarding variation by part and region.
Checked for this overview: Matched the description of young leaves and flowers as a bitter edible item with the limitation that it is the review's secondary citation and the flowers alone were not measured.
Follow the connections
veppampoo rasam →includes→ neem flowers
neem flowers →is prepared from→ Siamese neem tree
Hypotheses and recipe candidates for this entry are on the Japanese page.
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Composition and content (1)
Scope: Young inflorescences of Thai sadao.
Note: The inflorescences are not treated as the same plant part as the leaves or young shoots.
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ingredient-neem-flowers —is_prepared_from→ organism-azadirachta-indica-siamensisHow processing and cooking change it (1)
Scope: A candidate structural component of a dish. Regional variation in ingredients is unconfirmed
Note: Source not connected. Does not indicate quantities or cooking conditions.
No source connected — this claim has not been verified yet. It is a general-knowledge placeholder, not a confirmed statement.
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dish-veppampoo-rasam —includes→ ingredient-neem-flowersCulture (2)
Scope: A candidate at the level of general knowledge. Regional and naming differences have not been confirmed.
No source connected — this claim has not been verified yet. It is a general-knowledge placeholder, not a confirmed statement.
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ingredient-neem-flowers —is_used_as→ "A vegetable/ingredient carrying bitterness"Scope: Layer: literature. A systematic review (a description based on citations of prior literature).
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ingredient-neem-flowers —is_documented_as_having→ "A systematic review states that young leaves and flowers of Thai neem are eaten as a bitter tonic ingredient and contain flavonoids such as rutin and quercetin."