Editing Polygonatum (section)

===Food===
The berries are poisonous to humans.

Many species have long been used as food in China, such as ''Polygonatum sibiricum''. Leaves, stems, and rhizomes are used raw or cooked and served as a side dish with meat and rice. The rhizomes of two local species are eaten with [[Chicken feet|chicken's]] or [[Pig's trotters|pig's feet]] during festivals. The rhizomes are used to make [[tea]] or soaked in [[wine]] or [[liquor]] to flavor the beverages. They are also fried with sugar and honey to make sweet snacks. The starchy rhizomes can be dried, ground, and added to [[flour]] to supplement [[staple food|food staples]]. The rhizome of ''P. sibiricum'' is pulped, boiled, strained, and thickened with barley flour to make a sweet liquid seasoning agent called ''tangxi''. At times, people in China have relied on ''P. megaphyllum'' as a [[famine food]].<ref name=wuj/>

The shoots of some ''Polygonatum'' can be boiled and used like [[asparagus]]. ''P. cirrifolium'' and ''P. verticillatum'' are used as leafy [[vegetable]]s in [[India]]. The American species ''P. biflorum'' has a starchy root that was eaten like the [[potato]] and used as flour for bread.<ref name=wuj/>

''P. sibiricum'' is used for a tea called ''dungulle'' in [[Korea]].<ref name=wuj/>