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Water Caltrop (Trapa natans)
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The Water Caltrop (also known as Water Horse, Buffalo Nut, Bat Nut, Devil Pod, and Singhara) is an aquatic plant whose roots are in the mud and is divided gently leaves that grow under water. The stem of Knokáin Waster grows 12-15 feet long and is anchored to the mud by tiny roots. It has feathery submerged leaves that grow from the stem under water. Its much larger floating leaves have serrated edges and are ovate or triangular in shape attached to inflated stems (which provide additional heat). Its white flowers have four petals. The fruit has four spiny spines, which are carried underwater.
Harvest and use
Ripe fruits of water caltrap can be easily harvested when the plant dies. They can then be separated from the main shoot and collected.
You can eat the kernel of water caltrop fruit. As mentioned at the beginning, water caltrop was an important source of protein in the Neolithic period. In Asia, it is still used occasionally today. However, it has almost completely disappeared from European art due to its scarcity. Raw consumption is strongly recommended, as many harmful parasites can live on the surface. By cooking the caltrap, you break down the toxins in it and kill parasites. The heart can then be eaten but the shell remains inedible due to its hardness. The aroma of the heart is comparable to sweet chestnuts. In addition, water caltrop is said to have a medicinal effect but this has not yet been proven.
Do you remember the black fruits like coal on the streets in the Winters? It is popular for its countless uses. Here’s how to grow a Singhara Plant!
Singhara Plant brings back childhood memories! Packed with nutrition, this plant is relatively easy to grow if you take care of its basic needs. We have to look in detail!
Singhara Plant, also popular as Indian Water Chestnut or Water Caltrop in English, is an aquatic plant with rough white flesh, thick-skinned. This plant grows in a mat-like formation, with the upper leaves floating on the surface and the lower ones still submerged. More than two-thirds of the plant is still submerged in water. This plant usually grows in ponds, marshes and lakes and requires full sunlight with rich organic matter.
Different Types of Water Chestnuts
The major types of Water Chestnuts are Chinese, European and Indian.
There are other Chinese Water Chestnuts (such as the ones called “European” below), but the varieties described here are the ones we are most familiar with today. They are not nuts, they are “tubers” of the root part of a rush-like plant that grows in fresh water. (Granted, their skin is chestnut brown.) The turnip-like tubers grow near the bottom of a pond or stream and are plucked from the water with forks. Rich in fiber, these Water Chestnuts have a starchy but neutral flavor and a crisp, firm bite.
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