Tropical lettuce, Lactuca indica, is also called Indian lettuce. Lactuca indica (Compositae) is an edible wild vegetable, used as a folk medicine in anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and other medications in Asia.
It grows well in both the hot, wet summer and the colder winter of southern Florida. During the summer it grows to about 8 feet (2.5 m) high. Winter size is about half that.
The large leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. It quite disease and insect resistant. It is more bitter than the popular lettuces of temperate regions, though after the first bite the bitterness is little noticed. After cooking or when served with vinegar the bitterness is not present.
References:
VEGETABLES AND SMALL FRUITS IN THE TROPICS - ECHO farm in Ft Myers http://bit.ly/1wV3HWx
Antioxidant properties and phytochemical characteristics of extracts from Lactuca indica. http://1.usa.gov/1wV3B16
Indian Leaf Lettuce "You Mai Cai" Vigorous Upright Plant | eBay http://buff.ly/1zjEzhb
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