Lingjiao

Chinese pinyin?

Ling

English name? Waterchestnut, Watercaltrop, Singharanut?

Latin name: T.?natans?

T.?japonica

T.?bicornis?, different names for different varieties

Chinese alias? : water lily, water lily, wind lily, Wu ling, rhododendron, water chestnut, rhododendron solid, water lily solid.

[edit]Family? Genus

Domain: ?

Eukarya

Domain: ? Plantae?

Phylum: ? Angiospermae?Magnoliophyta?

Organism: ? Dicotyledons?Magnoliopsida?

Order: ? Myrttales?

Family: ? Trapaceae?

Genus: ? Trapa?

Species: ? T. bicornis

Appearance: Some are like bull's head, there are hornless, one-horned, two-horned, three-horned, and the appearance is different from species to species.

Flower color: white, light red.

Flowering period: June-July. Annual aquatic herb.

Origin: native to Europe, southern China, especially in the Taihu Lake area of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Pearl River Delta cultivated most. Rhombus meat containing starch 24%, protein 3.6%, fat 0.5%, young and tender when the fruit can be eaten raw, the old ripe fruit can be cooked or processed into rhombus powder, air-dried into the wind rhombus can be stored to extend the supply of rhombus leaves can be made into green fodder or green manure.