Taxon: Euryale ferox Salisb.

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• euryale   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• foxnut   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• gorgon   (Source: Cornucopia ) – English
  
• qian shi   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• makhana   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – India
  
• onibasu   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• gasiryeon   (Source: Kulturpflanze 34:98.) – Transcribed Korean
  
• gasiyeonkkot   (Source: F Korea ) – Transcribed Korean
  
• rävnäckros   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Human food: starch   (fide Cornucopia)
  
• Human food: vegetable   (fide Cornucopia)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Primorye
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu, Kyushu; Korea, South; Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; India - Assam, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
  Indo-China: Myanmar [n.]

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China [s.]
  Eastern Asia: Korea
• also cultivated elsewhere

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Deb, D. B. 1961. Dicotyledonous plants of Manipur territory. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 3:316.
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Kak, A. M. 1985. Aquatic and wetland vegetation of the north western Himalaya—XXI. Family Nymphaeaceae in the north western Himalaya. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 7:591–598.
• Kak, A. M. 1990. Aquatic and wetland vegetation of the Kashmir Himalaya. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 14:10.
• Khanna, K. K. et al. 1999. Dicotyledonous plants of Uttar Pradesh: a checklist.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Kress, W. J. et al., eds. Revised checklist of the plants of Myanmar (Burma) (on-line resource).
• Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:98.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University. 1998. Medicinal plants in the Republic of Korea. WHO Regional Publications Western Pacific Series No. 21.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India.
• Shetty, B. V. & V. Singh, eds. 1987–. Flora of India. Series 2: Flora of Rajasthan.
• Singh, N. P. et al., eds. 2000–. Flora of Manipur.
• Singh, N. P. et al. 2001. Flora of Bihar: analysis.
• Singh, N. P., eds. 2002–. Flora of Jammu & Kashmir.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Euryale ferox.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Euryale ferox.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Euryale ferox.

Check other web resources for Euryale ferox Salisb.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds with seed coat removed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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