Summary
Verified:
05/05/2017
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
- Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening 4:496.
- Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Pottier-Alapetite, G. 1979-1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones.
- Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962-1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
- Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
- Rosengarten, F. 1984. The book of edible nuts
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Common names
English
European water-chestnut – Jesuit's-nut – water caltrop – water-chestnut – French
châtaigne d'eau – cornue – macre commune – saligot – German
Wassernuß – Portuguese
castanha-d'água – Spanish
abrojo de agua – castaña de agua –
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | nut | | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=400138.
Accessed 28 April 2025.