The pronunciation of water chestnut: [bí qi]

Water chestnut, also known as horseshoe, water chestnut, Wu yao, Bodhi chestnut, etc., belongs to the monocotyledonous Salixaceae, for perennial persistent rooted herbaceous plants. There are slender creeping rhizomes, and tubers are borne at the tips of the creeping rhizomes, commonly known as water chestnuts. Culms numerous, tufted, erect, terete, with numerous transverse membranes, existing nodes on the surface of the culm after drying, but inconspicuous, gray-green, smooth and glabrous.

Native to India, it is widely distributed throughout the world, and is cultivated throughout China, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. Water chestnut skin color purple and black, white flesh, sweet and juicy taste, crisp and delicious, can be done both as a fruit to eat raw, but also as a vegetable to eat. The bulb is rich in starch, for raw food, cooked food or extract starch, sweet taste; also for medicinal purposes, appetizing and detoxification, elimination of food, stomach and intestines.

Water chestnut growth adaptability is strong, like warm and humid, intolerant of frost, often growing in shallow fields, water chestnut in the pre-growth needs high temperature and long sunshine, such as sprouting temperature of 15-20 ℃, tillering planting optimal temperature of 25-30 ℃, and in the late stage of growth, shorten the number of hours of light (suitable for less than 13 hours) can promote the formation of bulb, lower temperatures (20-25 ℃) is also conducive to bulb The lower temperature (20-25℃) is also favorable for bulb expansion. The soil is shallow, pH 6-7 sandy loam or humus loam is preferred.