Shell and peel.

Wild rice, the name of Chinese medicine. This product is a fusiform fat gall formed by the stimulation of wild rice black powder on the flowering stems of the grass plant Zizania.

Water bamboo Introduction

Perennial herb. Rootstock with stout fibrous roots; culms erect, 90-180 cm tall, basal nodes with adventitious roots. Leaf sheaths plump, longer than internodes, basal ones often with transverse vein lines; ligules membranous, slightly triangular, up to 15 mm long; leaf blades flattened, linear-lanceolate, 30-100 cm long, 10-30 mm wide, smooth below, rough above.

The panicle is 30-60 cm long, branches mostly fascicled, ascending or basal ones spreading; male spikelets usually borne in the lower part of the inflorescence, shortly stalked, often purple, 10-15 mm long, lemmas 5-veined, apically acuminate or with a short awn, palea 3-veined, stamens 6, anthers 6-9 mm long; female spikelets mostly located in the upper part of the inflorescence, 15-25 mm long, lemmas with 5 coarse veins, awn 15-30 mm long, palea 3-veined. Caryopsis cylindrical, ca. 10 mm. Fl. autumn.

Mizutaki is a thermophilic plant, growing at 10-25°C, intolerant of cold and high temperature and drought. The plains area planting double season Zizania is more, double season Zizania on the sunshine length requirements are not strict, on the water and fertilizer conditions require high, and the temperature is an important factor affecting the pregnancy of Zizania.

Mizutaki has a well-developed root system and requires a lot of water, so it is suitable for clay loam or loamy soil with sufficient water supply, convenient irrigation, deep and loose soil, fertile soil, rich in organic matter, and strong ability to retain water and fertilizer.