Comprehensive Description
(
Inglês
)
fornecido por North American Flora
Limnocharis flava (L.) Buch. Abh. Nat. Ver
Bremen 2 : 2. 1868.
Alisma flava L. Sp. PI. 343. 1753. Damasonium flavum Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8. 1768. Limnocharis emarginata H. & B. PI. Aequin. 1 : 116. 1807. Limnocharis Plumieri Rich. Mem. Mus. Paris 1 : 374. 1815.
A perennial aquatic or marsh plant, with short thick rootstock, large flat broad leafblades, and showy yellow flowers. Leaves basal and exceeding the' scape ; sheath compressed, keeled on the back, gradually narrowed above into the long petiole which is sharply 3-angled, the angles usually winged; blade elliptic to orbicular, sometimes cordate at the base, usually apiculate at the rounded or sometimes emarginate apex, up to 3 dm. long and 1.5 dm. wide ; scape erect, up to 4 dm. tall, angled, the angles often winged above ; umbel when mature of 7-15 flowers, the mature pedicels stout, 3-5 cm. long, 3-angled, the angles winged and often undulate toward the thickened apex ; sepals and petals broadly ovate to nearly orbicular, the former green, 12-18 mm. long, the petals thinner, longer than the sepals; fruiting carpels 12-15 mm. long, 6-8 mm. wide, semicircular; seeds 1-1.2 mm. long.
Type locality : South America.
Distribution : Cuba, Haiti, Grenada, and in continental tropical America.
- citação bibliográfica
- Percy Wilson, Per Axel Rydberg, Norman Taylor, Nathaniel Lord Britton, John Kunkel Small, George Valentine Nash. 1909. PANDANALES-POALES; TYPHACEAE, SPARGANACEAE, ELODEACEAE, HYDROCHARITACEAE, ZANNICHELLIACEAE, ZOSTERACEAE, CYMODOCEACEAE, NAIADACEAE, LILAEACEAE, SCHEUCHZERIACEAE, ALISMACEAE, BUTOMACEAE, POACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 17(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Limnocharis flava
(
Inglês
)
fornecido por wikipedia EN
Limnocharis flava (commonly known as yellow velvetleaf,[2] sawah flower rush, sawah lettuce[3]) is a species of aquatic flowering plant which is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic but widely naturalized in southern and southeastern Asia: India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and southern China (Guangdong, Yunnan).[1][4]
Limnocharis flava is roughly 50 centimetres (20 in) tall growing in clumps. Its triangular-shaped leaves and hollow stems are glabrous. Its inflorescences have a very characteristic shape, producing three-lobed yellow flowers about 1.5 cm in diameter. The fruits are spherical. Although it is not a floating plant, its seeds are carried away by currents.[5][6]
Yellow velvetleaf grows generally wherever there is not very deep stagnant fresh water, in swampy areas. It sometimes invades rice fields where it can become a weed. As an invasive species it has become a pest in some wetlands in other parts of the world.[4][7]
As food
Traditionally this plant is an important vegetable in parts of Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam,[8] Laos, Isan (Thailand)[9] and parts of India, where the central flower stalk and the leaves are used in soups, curries, salads and stir-fries.[10] The immature flower buds are also eaten. In Isan the leaf is eaten raw with nam phrik. Owing to its flat taste, in some areas it is considered "poor people's food" or emergency food, eaten whenever there is not much else left. This characteristic was put into song by Muhammad Arief, in the 1940s hit Genjer-genjer in the Banyuwangi language in Java.[11]
See also
References
-
^ a b c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
-
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Limnocharis flava". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
-
^ "Limnocharis flava". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 10 June 2017.
-
^ a b "Limnocharis flava in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
-
^ "issg Database: EcologieLimnocharis flava". www.issg.org. Synergy International Limited. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
-
^ Buchenau, Franz Georg Philipp. 1868. Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen 2: 2,4. Limnocharis flava
-
^ Environmental Pests- Australia Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
-
^ Ogle, B. M.; Dao, H. T.; Mulokozi, G.; Hambraeus, L. (2001-11-01). "Micronutrient composition and nutritional importance of gathered vegetables in Vietnam". International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 52 (6): 485–499. doi:10.1080/713671806. ISSN 0963-7486. PMID 11570015.
-
^ "Thailand Illustrated - Healthy Food". Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
-
^ Said, Sammy (2010-05-21). "Stir-Fried Genjer (Limnocharis Flava)". Enjoy The Food. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
-
^ "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- licença
- cc-by-sa-3.0
- direitos autorais
- Wikipedia authors and editors
Limnocharis flava: Brief Summary
(
Inglês
)
fornecido por wikipedia EN
Limnocharis flava (commonly known as yellow velvetleaf, sawah flower rush, sawah lettuce) is a species of aquatic flowering plant which is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic but widely naturalized in southern and southeastern Asia: India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and southern China (Guangdong, Yunnan).
Limnocharis flava is roughly 50 centimetres (20 in) tall growing in clumps. Its triangular-shaped leaves and hollow stems are glabrous. Its inflorescences have a very characteristic shape, producing three-lobed yellow flowers about 1.5 cm in diameter. The fruits are spherical. Although it is not a floating plant, its seeds are carried away by currents.
Yellow velvetleaf grows generally wherever there is not very deep stagnant fresh water, in swampy areas. It sometimes invades rice fields where it can become a weed. As an invasive species it has become a pest in some wetlands in other parts of the world.
- licença
- cc-by-sa-3.0
- direitos autorais
- Wikipedia authors and editors
