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Chinese water chestnut

Chinese water chestnut
Photo: Tupelo Grove Nursery
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Chinese water chestnut
Eleocharis dulcis
 
Chinese water chestnut is a grass-like sedge grown in many countries for its edible corms t is an aquatic vegetable that grows in water margins and bogs. It has stem-like, tubular green leaves that grow 50cm to 1.5m tall.  The plant spreads by a creeping rhizome which, through the summer months, produces additional sucker plants.

 

 
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