Eleocharis dulcis (Chinese water chestnut)
Identity
- Preferred Scientific Name
- Eleocharis dulcis (Burm.f.) Trinius ex Henschel (1833)
- Preferred Common Name
- Chinese water chestnut
- Other Scientific Names
- Andropogon dulce Burm. f. (1768)
- Eleocharis equisetina Presl
- Eleocharis indica Druce
- Eleocharis plantaginea Roemer & Schultes (1817)
- Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) R. & S.
- Eleocharis tuberosa Roemer & Schultes (1824)
- Heleocharis plantaginoidea W.F. Wight (1905)
- International Common Names
- Spanishcabezas de negrito
- Frenchchâtaigne d'eauscirpe doux
- Local Common Names
- Cambodiamëm phlông
- Indonesiababawanganpeperetanteki
- Malaysiatikeubi puron
- Philippinesapulidbusligpagappo
- Thailandhaeohaeo-chin
- Vietnammax thafynawn ngojt
- EPPO code
- ELODU (Eleocharis dulcis)
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Eleocharis dulcis
Chinese water chestnut
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Eleocharis dulcis
Corm of Eleocharis dulcis
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Morphological detail - line drawing
E. dulcis: 1, habit; 2, young spikelet; 3, old spikelet; 4, corm.Reproduced from the series 'Plant Resources of South-East Asia', Vols. 1-20 (1989-2000), by kind permission of the PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia.
PROSEA Foundation
Eleocharis dulcis
Whole plant
Francisco Manuel Blanco (US Public domain)
Distribution
Host Plants and Other Plants Affected
| Host | Host status | References |
|---|---|---|
| Oryza sativa (rice) | Habitat/association |
Prevention and Control
E. dulcis is not usually a serious weed within crops after thorough land preparation. In the situations where it needs to be controlled, in irrigation and drainage ditches, it is destroyed mechanically using heavy machinery.
Impact
E. dulcis causes blockages in the irrigation channels which supply water to the ricefields; the weed does not appear to affect rice yields directly.The tubers of E. dulcis have marketable value; they are sold not only in South-East Asian countries such as the Philippines and Indonesia, but also in supermarkets in the USA (see "Uses").
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History
Published online: 22 November 2019
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