| Chinese water chestnut | |
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| Illustration c. 1880[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Eleocharis |
| Species: | E. dulcis
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| Binomial name | |
| Eleocharis dulcis | |
| Synonyms | |
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| Eleocharis dulcis | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 荸薺 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 荸荠 | ||||||||||
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| Cantonese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 馬蹄 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 马蹄 | ||||||||||
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| Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Energy | 406 kJ (97 kcal) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23.94 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sugars | 4.8 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dietary fiber | 3 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
0.1 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1.4 g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other constituents | Quantity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Water | 73.5 g | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[3] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
The water caltrop, which also is referred to by the same name, is unrelated and often confused with the water chestnut.
- ^ Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) (c. 1880s). Flora de Filipinas [...] Gran edicion [...] [Atlas I].
- ^ Mesterházy, A. (2020). "Eleocharis dulcis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T169077A1270989. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T169077A1270989.en. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ United States Food and Drug Administration (2024). "Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels". FDA. Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). Oria, Maria; Harrison, Meghan; Stallings, Virginia A. (eds.). Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium. The National Academies Collection: Reports funded by National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press (US). ISBN 978-0-309-48834-1. PMID 30844154. Archived from the original on 2024-05-09. Retrieved 2024-06-21.