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Summary
Physical Characteristics
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Trapa bicornis is a PERENNIAL.
See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 5 and is not frost tender. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs).
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid and neutral soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It can grow in water.
UK Hardiness Map
US Hardiness Map
Synonyms
T. bicornuta.
Plant Habitats
Pond;
Edible Uses
Edible Parts: Seed
Edible Uses:
Seed - cooked. A crunchy texture with a bland flavour[206]. Rich in starch, the raw seed contains a deleterious principle that is destroyed by cooking[200]. The cooked seed can be dried and ground into a powder[200].
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Medicinal Uses
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Antipyretic Astringent Cancer Tonic
The flowers are astringent in fluxes[218]. The fruit is used in the treatment of fever and sunstroke[218]. The plant is anticancer, antipyretic and tonic[218].
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Other Uses
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Cultivation details
An aquatic plant, floating by means of inflated petioles, it succeeds in still or slowly-flowing water requiring a position in full sun and a slightly acidic water with a rich planting medium[200]. Plants require a high summer temperature in order to perform well, they are not frost hardy[206]. Some botanists regard this species as no more than a part of the one highly polymorphic species T. natans[200]. This species was used for food in Neolithic Britain[200].
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Plant Propagation
Seed - harvest in late summer and store overwinter in a jar of water in a cold but frost-free place. The seed quickly loses its vitality if it is allowed to become dry. Sow in spring, placing one seed in each pot and submerging them under a few centimetres of water.
Other Names
If available other names are mentioned here
Native Range
TEMPERATE ASIA: Turkey (northwest), Georgia, China (Anhui Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hainan Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Shaanxi Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, Xizang Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng), Japan TROPICAL ASIA: India, Pakistan, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Belarus, Ukraine (incl. Krym), Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain (incl. Baleares), France AFRICA: Algeria, Tunisia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Weed Potential
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Conservation Status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status :
Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.
Expert comment
Author
Osbeck.
Botanical References
200
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