Also known as Brasenia schrebergeri, screen, water anemone, horse chestnut grass, etc., for the water lily family rooted aquatic herbaceous vegetables. Mainly distributed in sichuan, henan, zhejiang, jiangsu, yunnan, hunan and other places, is famous health care, special treasure, rare vegetables. Brasenia schreberi to young stems and leaves for food, sweet and cool, can clear heat, diuretic, swelling, detoxification, can treat hot diarrhea, jaundice, carbuncle, treatment of sores and other diseases.

Chinese name: Pure food

External name: Pure food

Alias: horseshoe grass, screen, water anemone, horse chestnut grass, etc.

Whether it contains preservatives: No

Main nutrients: Vitamin C, Vitamin B12

Suitable for people: young and old

Extended information:

Morphological features:

Ulva plant is about 1 meter high, underground stems white, creeping growth of underwater mud; above ground stems slender, branching, with the rising water level continues to elongate, 50 ~ 100 cm long, about 0.6 cm thick; above ground stems of the basal part of the mud at the joints of the sides, clusters of black fibrous roots. Clusters of black fibrous roots, above ground stem sections growing in the water does not grow roots; Brasenia schreberi by the atmosphere and other environmental pollution is small, easy to achieve pollution-free cultivation goals; the development of Brasenia schreberi market prospects, can effectively increase the income of farmers.

Currently cultivated varieties of Brasenia schreberi according to the edible part of Brasenia schreberi flowers can be divided into:

① red species corolla is dark red, the back of the blade all dark red, the young leaves and rolled leaves are also dark red, strong resilience;

② green species corolla light green, the back of the leaf blade is dark red or dark red or only the edge of the leaf for the dark red, the shoot tips and the rolled leaves are green, poorer resilience. Therefore, the production of more red species. Its varieties are Lichuan red leaf medicinal vegetables, Xihu green leaf medicinal vegetables, Taihu Lake green garden vegetables, Taihu Lake red leaf Roubaix, Taihu Lake one and so on. The following two varieties are particularly worthy of promotion:

Taihu Lake red leaf Brasenia schrebergeri leaf surface dark green, the back of the whole leaf red, but the longitudinal main vein green, and green halo; leaf large, 8.7 cm long, 6.05 cm wide, rolled leaves green, small-grade varieties of leaf veins red, intermediate and large-grade varieties of leaf veins green or dark brown, rolled together with a red halo; its strong growth potential, thick gelatin, high yield, excellent quality.

Taihu One stems and leaves thick, strong growth potential, good yield performance, high processing rate, the total output rate of 60.3%; high sugar content, total sugar 19.5%, polysaccharide 17.28%, the texture of the crisp and tender, leaf fresh and beautiful; per mu can produce 300 kg or so, the second year can produce 500 kg, the third year can produce 350 kg.

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