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Ruo leaf or reed leaf

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Wrapped zongzi with "brown leaves" is actually Ruo leaf or reed leaf, Ruo leaf is the leaves of Ruo bamboo, the leaf is large and wide. Previously, China's northern rice dumplings are mostly long type, usually with reed leaves rolled into a funnel shape. Because the reed is long and narrow, often need two, three pieces of stacked to bind zongzi. South more than Ruo bamboo leaves package zong, also useful reed leaves. The shape of the dumplings is close to the triangle cone, the volume is larger.

Picture: broad-leaved Ruo bamboo leaves.