On Zizania aquatica - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 30382 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | NONE Ustilago esculenta | Entry Book Number | 172.1895 | |
| Artefact Name | On Zizania aquatica | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | On Zizania aquatica | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | On Zizania aquaticaUse: FOOD User: Man | TDWG use | FOOD | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: The young shoots become swollen, and are sold as food in Hanoi. In Japan the spores are mixed with pomade and used to colour thin eyebrows and for giving a bronze tinge to lacquer. Attacks young shoots of Zizania latifolia which become swol, len and are sold as legumes under the name Nu-an in the market at Hanoi. The spores are also rubbed on the scalp when the hair is thin. | ||||