1, Ruoye

Alias Zongba Bamboo, Long-eared Bamboo, Zongye Bamboo and Liaoye Bamboo. The top of the leaf is tapered and the base of the leaf is round. Leaf blade is large, with micro hairs on the back. Distribution: Henan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Fujian, Shandong and other provinces. Born on hillsides and roadsides. Other uses: the rod is straight and can be used as a brush rod or bamboo chopsticks; The blade can be used as a cushion material for rain-proof articles such as hats and ship canopies.

In rural areas, every family will plant Indocalamus leaves around their houses, because this kind of plant has a very strong reproductive ability, so you don't have to worry about it after planting it, so you can pick Indocalamus leaves every year during the Dragon Boat Festival and clean them to make zongzi.

2. Hiragi leaves

High 1m or so, with massive rhizome. The leaves are rosette-shaped, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, with a length of 25-50 cm and a width of 10-22 cm, with a short tapering tip and a sharp base. The petiole is 60 cm long. Fruit pear-shaped, with 3 edges, long 1 cm, chestnut, bright, and hard exocarp.

Distribution: Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other provinces in China; Born in a shady and humid place in a dense forest. It is widely distributed in southern Asia. The shape is somewhat similar to that of banana leaf, so don't mistake it for banana leaf.

3. Water bamboo leaves

Zizania latifolia is also called Zizania latifolia, so this kind of leaf is also called Zizania latifolia. The history of making zongzi with leaves of Zizania latifolia is very long. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, it was found that it could be made into a horn-shaped zongzi with leaves of Zizania latifolia, also known as horn millet. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, people used plant ash water to soak millet, and then wrapped it into quadrangular zongzi with leaves, which became the salty zongzi in Guangdong now.

4. Reed leaves

Perennial with well-developed rhizomes. The stem is erect, with a height of 1-3 (8) m and a diameter of 1-4 cm, with more than 20 nodes, and the lower nodes are covered with wax powder. The lower part of leaf sheath is shorter than the upper part and longer than its internodes. Leaf blade is needle-linear, 30 cm long and 2 cm wide, hairless, and the top end is tapered into a silk shape.

Distribution: produced all over the country. Born in rivers and lakes, ponds and ditches and low wetlands. It is a multi-type species widely distributed in the world. Except the forest habitat does not grow, all kinds of open areas with water sources often form contiguous reed communities with their rapidly expanding reproductive ability.

5. Mistletoe leaves

Quercus leaf, which is the leaf of Quercus tree, can make Quercus leaf dumplings. Adding glutinous rice or millet into the leaves of the oak tree can make delicious zongzi, which will have a special fragrance.

Mistletoe leaves are mainly produced in the northern part of China, so most people in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan and other regions will make mistletoe dumplings. Before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, the leaves of Quercus will mature and have a strong aroma. People will go up the mountain to collect them, dry them in the shade and wrap them in glutinous rice. When cooked, they will become Quercus leaf dumplings.