water chesnuts
Spanish translation: castaña de agua
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castaña de agua Explanation: Eurodicautom: Subject aquatic plants (=AG6) classified botany (=BZ5) Unknown CM (= ) English Term water chestnut Reference HAENSCH/HABERKAMP,DICT.AGRICULTURE Note Fruits Spanish Term castaña de agua Familia Trapaceae (Orden Myrtales, Subclase Rosidae) Hábito: hierbas anuales o perennizantes, acuáticas, hojas heteromorfas, las flotantes con pecíolos inflados y limbos romboideos, las sumergidas lineares. Tamaño: 1 género, Trapa, con 2-3 especies o más según autores. Distribución: Eurasia y N y E de África. Taxones, Trapa natans, 'castaña de agua'. La castaña de agua es una planta acuática que crece fija al fondo y desarrolla en la superficie del agua una roseta de hojas en cuya axila nacen las flores blancas. El fruto tiene cáscara negra muy dura y se parece a las castañas. Especie Trapa natans. Trapa natans (Castaña de agua o Abrojo acuático). Planta con hojas flotantes que recuerdan ligeramente al acebo. Las semillas, espinosas y negras, son comestibles. Latin Name: Trapa natans Common Name: Water chestnut Family: Trapaceae Synonyms: Known Hazards: The raw seed contains toxins but that these are destroyed in the cooking process[200, 206]. Author: L. Habit: Perennial Habitat: Water up to 60cm deep. Height: Width: 0.25 Cultivation Details: A water plant, growing in water up to 60cm deep. Requires a sunny position in slightly acidic water[200]. Dislikes calcium rich water[50]. Prefers a rich soil[50, 56, 200]. Plants are hardy in all but the coldest parts of Britain[1]. A perennial, but it is best grown as an annual in Britain[3]. Some botanists regard this species as the only genuine member of the genus, all other species considered to be no more than a part of this one highly polymorphic species[200]. Occasionally cultivated for its edible seed, there is at least one named variety[1, 3, 13]. 'Su Zhou' is a form with red-coloured fruit[183]. Reference HAENSCH/HABERKAMP,DICCIO.AGRICULTURA Note Frutas all the above |
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