sieve : Grass lively, the common chipmunk is a plants climbing (family of Dioscoreaceae - Botanical name: Tamus communis L.), wild and common in Europe, Asia and northern Africa.
Other vernacular names: battered women's weed, fire root, devil's grape, taminer, black vine. The chipmunk is a plant with stem slender, twining, up to 3 m high, with leaves alternate, in the shape of an upside-down heart (string), on the upper side shiny. It is lively thanks to its big the root blackish, tuberous, which emits new buds every year. THE flowers greenish are small and united in clusters. The sexes are separate (plant dioecious). The fruits are small berries red and shiny, juicy, 12 mm in diameter but poisonous.
Young people shoots are mainly consumed as asparagus, but mainly serve as aromatic herbs. The tubers Quite large, brown with white pulp are edible.
In the south of France, the tamier is commonly referred to by its Occitan name “reponchon” (pronounced repountsou ou respouchou ou respounchous). We collect the young stems of this plants in ditches, along embankments or hedges. Despite their appearance, the respounchous don't have the taste de l 'asparagus. They are enough bitter and are eaten s, after prior cooking in thewater, then served with bacon and œuf or omelette.