Homologous organ, a young rhizome of the lotus.

When conditions are favorable, the root zone expands and becomes a lotus root, usually white, yellow, pinkish-yellow, the most suitable time to pick is after the summer rain, along the "green stakes" sticking out of the water down to the roots in the silt, at the end of the two root seedlings connected to the thick one is this.

The root zone is the young rhizome of the lotus, consisting of an internode at the top of the rhizome and the terminal bud.

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The people of the North and Anhui Province are most fond of eating lotus root ribbons. In fact, in ancient times, there is the habit of harvesting lotus roots, such as the "Compendium of Materia Medica" recorded "lotus root vegetables" is now known as the lotus root. At present, the market sale of edible lotus root belt, there are two main sources, namely the son of lotus and lotus root lotus, to son of lotus mainly.

When the lotus is cultivated in Chizhou City, Anhui Province, Hubei Province, etc., it is usually planted once and planted continuously for three years. From the second year onwards, due to the field plants are too dense, the harvesting of lotus root strips, in fact, play the role of seedling thinning. Therefore, lotus root ribbons are by-products in the cultivation of ZiLian. In addition, there are some farmers who utilize lotus root (Lotus root) to harvest lotus ribbons. The lotus root ribbons are thicker and crisper compared to the sub-lotus root ribbons.