The fruits of Trapa natans ssp natans in Kashmir are generally sold bioled and peeled, with stalks removed. Those of ssp. bispinosa are often sold (in Delhi markets; same must be truw for Lucknow) along with stalks which are very stout. That could be reason for confusion.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 7:24 AM, Jency Samuel <jencysam...@yahoo.co.in>wrote: > Last October while on a trip from Lucknow, our cab driver got boiled water > chestnuts from roadside vendors. They were served with green chutney. From > what he said in Hindi, I understood it to be the root. I haven't seen them > in Tamil Nadu. > > --- On *Thu, 14/10/10, Padmini Raghavan <padi...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: Padmini Raghavan <padi...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:50800] Water chestnut > To: "mani nair" <mani.na...@gmail.com> > Cc: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com > Date: Thursday, 14 October, 2010, 5:54 PM > > > Are those snails on top of the leaves? > Where do the fruit grow? Underwater? > Have never seen these and thought they were only available abroad. > (Have only had them in a Chinese restaurant.) > > Rgds, > > Padmini Raghavan. > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:49 PM, mani nair > <mani.na...@gmail.com<http://in.mc941.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mani.na...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > Dear friends, > > Sending photos of Water chestnut or Singhara plants growing in a wet land > at Dombivli, Thane Dt. > > Regards, > > Mani. > > > >
