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Orapi

A wild spinach that grows up on the Morrone Mountain

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mia frances
Jun 17, 2025
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I remember the first time I learned about orapi.

I was flirting with a boy from town and he sent me a picture with a message — “find orapi on Wikipedia or Google.”

I was smiling at my phone, blushing, like a fool because receiving this message was akin to a love letter in my mind’s eye.

I screenshot the message to brag to my friends about my foraging texts, a true modern romance. June 2019.

If you are wondering…our little fling ended long ago but I still go up into the mountain to pick orapi every year.

Orapi is a wild spinach that needs to grow at a minimum altitude of 500 meters above sea level.

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