Alismataceae
30 species
Aquatic plants including arrowhead; rhizomes and corms are edible starch sources.
Alisma canaliculatum
Edible: Leaves
Alisma gramineum
Water plantain
Edible: Root
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Water Plantain, Devil’s Spoons, Mad Dog Weed
Edible: Leaves, Roots, Rhizome, Seeds
Alisma triviale
Mud or Northern Water Plantain
Burnatia enneandra
Edible: Tuber, Root
Butomopsis latifolia
Phak pai, Pinoy
Edible: Leaves
Caldesia indet.
Edible: Leaves
Caldesia parnassifolia
Edible: Leaf stalk ?
Caldesia reniformis
Edible: Leaf stalk
Damasonium alisma
Thrumwort, Star fruit
Edible: Root
Echinodorus grandiflorus
Edible: Leaves - drinks
Echinodorus paniculatus
Amazon sword
Edible: Root
Limnocharis flava - (L.) Buchenau
Sawah Lettuce, Sawah Flowering Rush
Edible: Flowers, Leaves
Limnophyton angolense
Edible: Ash - flavouring
Limnophyton obtusifolium
Blunt arrowhead
Edible: Salt, Ashes
Sagittaria aginashi
Edible: Leaves
Sagittaria brevirosta
Short-Beaked Arrow Leaf
Edible: Root
Sagittaria brevirostra
Short-beak Arrowhead
Edible: Root
Sagittaria cuneata
Wapato, arumleaf arrowhead
Edible: Root
Sagittaria graminea
Chinese arrowhead
Edible: Leaves - tea, Root
Sagittaria guayanensis
Arrowhead, Swamp potato
Edible: Tuber, Root, Leaves
Sagittaria lancifolia subsp. media
Arrowhead, Duck potato
Edible: Tubers, Root, Shoots
Sagittaria latifolia
Broadleaf arrowhead
Edible: Tubers, Root
Sagittaria macrophylla
Acuitlacpalli, Water potato
Edible: Leaves, Tubers, Root
Sagittaria rhombifolia
Doi
Edible: Tuber, Root
Sagittaria rigida
Sessilefruit Arrowhead
Edible: Root
Sagittaria sagittifolia
Arrowhead, Japanese Arrowhead, Chinese Arrowhead
Edible: Leaves, Corms, Root, Tubers, Leaf stalks, Vegetable
Sagittaria sagittifolia leucopetala - (Miq.)Hartog.
Edible: Leaves, Root
Sagittaria sp.
Sagittaria trifolia
Arrowhead, Arrow-weed, Swamp potato
Edible: Tubers, Root, Vegetable, Flowers, Leaves