Water Chestnut
Plant Attributes of Water Chestnut
Chinese Name: Water Chestnut, Also Known as: Sparrow's Tongue Cape Jasmine, Latin Name: Gardenia jasminoides var. radicans Makino, Family: Rubiaceae, Genus: Gardenia, Distribution: Most Provinces South of the Yangtze River in ChinaIntroduction to Water Chestnut Plant
Water Chestnut is an evergreen shrub that can grow up to 2 meters tall. The roots are light yellow, branched, the plant is smooth, and the branch tips have soft hair; the leaves are opposite or in whorls of three, lanceolate, leathery and glossy, stipules are membranous; the flowers are solitary in the axils of leaves, with short peduncles, the calyx is cylindrical, white, fleshy, fragrant, blooming in early summer; the fruit is obovoid or oblong, flat, large, with yellowish glue outside, turning golden yellow or orange-red when ripe in autumn. It is a good raw material for extracting natural pigments. The roots and leaves can be used as medicine, with antipyretic, cooling blood, sedative, and pain-relieving, dispelling wind and resolving dampness effects, widely used, and can also be used as a green hedge in gardens, with high economic value, making it a plant that combines greening, ornamental, and medicinal uses.
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