Triglochin microtuberosa
Aston
Still water Water ribbon
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
What to Eat
Edible parts: Tubers, Root, Seeds, Leaf stems
The fresh green seeds are eaten raw. The tubers are roasted and eaten or pounded into a paste. The leaf stems are also edible.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows in still freshwater ponds. It grows in the mud.
Australia*,
How to Identify
A herb that grows in water. It has strap like leaves. These can be erect of lie on the water surface. The leaves are narrow and 1.4 m long by 0.5-1.5 cm wide. They are dull green. The flower spike stands 8 cm above the water. The flower stem is succulent. The flower spike can have 100 small flowers 5 mm long by 4 mm wide. The ripe seeds are firm and crisp. The tubers are 10 cm long by 0.5-1.5 cm wide.
Medicinal Uses
Traditional uses document consumption of seeds and tubers.
References (2)
- Caton, J.M. & Hardwick, R. J., 2016, Field Guide to Useful Native Plants from Temperate Australia. Harbour Publishing House. p 178
- Hardwick, R.J., 2000, Nature's Larder. A Field Guide to the Native Food Plants of the NSW South Coast. Homosapien Books. p 122
