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  2. Eleocharis dulcis - Wikipedia

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    Eleocharis dulcis, the Chinese water chestnut or water chestnut, is a grass-like sedge native to Asia, tropical Africa, and Oceania. It is grown in many countries for its edible corms , but if eaten uncooked, the surface of the plants may transmit fasciolopsiasis .

  3. Eleocharis - Wikipedia

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    Eleocharis is a virtually cosmopolitan genus of 250 or more species of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. [2] The name is derived from the Greek words ἕλειος (heleios), meaning "marsh dweller," and χάρις (charis), meaning "grace."

  4. List of malvid families - Wikipedia

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    Pomegranates were cultivated by Bronze Age cultures, and wild water chestnuts were consumed in large quantities by prehistoric Europeans. [9] Eucalyptus trees are the tallest known flowering plants, up to 100 m (330 ft) or more; they are grown for timber and for their oils, used in candy, perfumes and cough medicine. [10]

  5. Water chestnut - Wikipedia

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    Water chestnut may refer to either of two plants, both used in Chinese cuisine: Eleocharis dulcis , or Chinese water chestnut, is eaten for its crisp corm Water caltrop , Trapa natans , is eaten for its starchy seed

  6. Reproductive toxicity - Wikipedia

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    Reproductive toxicants may adversely affect sexual function, ovarian failure, fertility as well as causing developmental toxicity in the offspring. [2] [3] Lowered effective fertility related to reproductive toxicity relates to both male and female effects alike and is reflected in decreased sperm counts, semen quality and ovarian failure.

  7. Water caltrop - Wikipedia

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    It was possible to buy water caltrops in markets all over Europe until 1880. In northern Italy, the nuts were offered roasted, much as sweet chestnuts (Castanea sativa) are still sold today. In many parts of Europe, water caltrops were known and used for human food until the beginning of the 20th century. Today, however, it is a rare plant in ...

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  9. Curculio sayi - Wikipedia

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    Curculio sayi, the small or lesser chestnut weevil, is a species of true weevil in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. [1] [2] [3] The lesser chestnut weevil is found in North America. [1] The distribution of this species extends from Canada and Massachusetts to North Carolina, Tennessee, and Ohio, and probably farther westward.