Limnophyton obtusifolium

(L.) Miq.

Blunt arrowhead

Alismataceae Edible: Salt, Ashes 30 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A herb. It can keep growing from year to year or grow each year from seed. It grows 60-90 cm tall. The leaves are broadly oval and 15-30 cm long. The base is arrowhead shaped. It has spreading triangle shaped lobes. The leaf stalk is 30-80 cm long. The flowering stalks are also 30-80 cm long. There are 5-10 flowers in a ring. They are 1 cm across. They have 3 white petals.

Edible Uses

The plant is burnt as a source of edible salt and edible ashes.

Traditional Uses

The plant is burnt as a source of edible salt.

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Distribution

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in rivers. It grows from sea level to 700 m above sea level in Ethiopia.

Where It Grows

Africa, Asia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, East Africa, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, India, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, SE Asia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, West Africa,

Synonyms

Sagittaria obtusifolia L.

Also Known As

Tuytuy

References (6)

Awas, T., 1997, A Study on the Ecology and Ethnobotany of Non-cultivated Food Plants and Wild Relatives of Cultivated crops in Gambella Region, Southwestern Ethiopia. Addis Ababa University. p 76
Dalziel, J. M., 1937, The Useful plants of west tropical Africa. Crown Agents for the Colonies London.
Lulekal, E., et al, 2011, Wild edible plants in Ethiopia: a review on their potential to combat food insecurity. Afrika Focus - Vol. 24, No 2. pp 71-121
Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 8
Swaziland's Flora Database http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora

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