| LC control no. | sh 85042520 |
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| LC classification | QK495.C997 Botany |
| Topical heading | Chinese water chestnut |
| Variant(s) | Chinese waterchestnut Eleocharis dulcis Eleocharis plantaginea tuberosa Eleocharis tuberosa Heleocharis dulcis Water chestnut, Chinese Waterchestnut, Chinese Waternut |
| See also | Eleocharis |
| Subject example tracing | Example under Vegetables, Chinese |
| Found in | Larkcom, J. Oriental vegetables, c1991: p. 125 (Water chestnut Eleocharis dulcis (E. tuberosa) Confusingly, two Asiatic plants are known in the West as 'water chestnut': this one is considered the authentic Chinese water chestnut) Web. 3 (water chestnut ... 2.a: a Chinese sedge (Eleocharis tuberosa) b.: the edible tuber of this sedge) SPN (Eleocharis tuberosa Waternut) Hortus 3 (Eleocharis dulcis (Burm. f.) Trin. ex Henschel Chinese water chestnut, Ma-Tai) CAB thes. (Eleocharis dulcis) Terrell check. names 3,000 vasc. plants econ. import. (Eleocharis dulcis--Chinese waterchestnut, waternut; E. tuberosa (Roxb.) Schultes=E. dulcis) Tanaka cyc. plants (Eleocharis dulcis=Heleocharis dulcis, Eleocharis plantaginea var. tuberosa=Heleocharis dulcis, Eleocharis tuberosa=Heleocharis dulcis; Heleocharis dulcis Trin. ex Henschel Chinese water chestnut) Howes dict. useful and everyday plants (Chinese water chestnut, Eleocharis tuberosa) |
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