Many plants of genus Pellionia (Urticaceae) are with wild vegetable high quality. P. scabra is used widely in Mount Dayaoshan of Guangxi Province and Mount Yaoshan of Guangdong Province. In this paper

the nutritional components of P. scabra were analyzed by using the national standard methods of food detection and instrumental analytical methods such as IRIS Advantage (HR) and Amino Acid Analyzer. The results show that the stem and leaf of P. scabra contain crude protein 3.21g

crude fat 1.27 g

total sugar 2.19 g

energy 33.03×4.19 J in every 100 g fresh weight and contain Ca 4 178.13 mg

P 381.05mg

Ｋ 6 116.78 mg

Na 35.10 mg

Mg 1 236.73 mg

Fe 53.81 mg and Cu 2.88 mg in every 1 kg fresh weight.The content of 17 amino acids determinated includes 7 essential amino acids accounts for 14.36% of the dry weight. Comparing with other common vegetables

the Pellionia scabra could be considered as a kind of wild vegetable with higher nutritious value

abundant nutritional components

mineral element and amino acids.