Rhombus is the fruit of the lozenge.
Rhombus is an aquatic plant rhombus fruit, not ripe skin color is purple-red, the color of the flesh is white, the shape of its leaves for the broad rhombus, the color of the flower is white, the petals have four, it likes to grow in warm climates, planting can be planted in ponds, marshes and other places where there is enough water.
Rhombus, also known as the waist diamond, water chestnut, rhombus, is a rhombus family, rhombus plants. Rhombus is rich in protein, unsaturated fatty acids and a variety of vitamins and trace elements.
Rhombus grows in the lake, ripe around August each year, rhombus vine long green leaves, the shape of the leaves is diamond-shaped, so the fruit is called rhombus child. Stem purple-red, bright yellow flowers, also known as "water peanuts", fruit "rhombus" for the nuts, hanging in the water under the dense foliage, the whole plant must be taken up and turned upside down, can be seen.
Rhombus morphological characteristics
Rhombus, also known as diamond. The two horns are lozenges, shaped like a cow's horn. The three- and four-horned are nativities. Growing in lakes. Rhombus falls in the mud, the easiest to grow. There are wild lozenges, family lozenges, are born in March spread long. Leaves floating in the water flat and pointed, very smooth, there are stems under the leaves. May and June open small white flowers, open at night, daytime and close, with the moon's cycle and shift.
It has several kinds of fruits: without horns, two-horned, three-horned, four-horned. The horns are thorny, thin and brittle, and grow at the tips of the horns. An aquatic plant. A floating or semi-aquatic annual herb.
Roots type II: mud-attached roots ferruginous, adhering to the mud under water, assimilating roots, pinnately lobed, lobes filiform, light green or dark reddish brown. Stem cylindrical, slender or stubby. Leaves type II: floating leaves alternate, aggregated at the stem end, forming a rosette-like rhombic disk at the water surface.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Rhombus