Duck tongue and water chestnut should be local names. The following answers are based on my knowledge and understanding. If there is any discrepancy, it is regarded as communication.
First of all, about duck tongue dishes
Among plants, there is a plant called Hedyotis diffusa, whose tender stems and leaves can be eaten as vegetables. Hedyotis diffusa is a Euphorbiaceae plant. China is found all over the north and south, and often grows in wet places such as paddy fields, ditches and shallow ponds.
Its appearance characteristics: aquatic herbs, short rhizomes and soft fibrous roots; The stems are erect or inclined, about 30 cm high, and the plants are smooth and hairless. Leaves are basal and cauline, and the shape and size of leaves vary greatly. They are heart-shaped, oval, rectangular or lanceolate, about 6 cm long. Racemes are drawn from petioles, usually with three or five flowers, which are blue and bloom in August and September.
The fruit is ovoid, about 1 cm long, and ripens in1month.
Second, about water chestnut.
In Shaanxi and some provinces and regions in southern China, there is a plant called horseshoe grass, which is usually used as medicine and generally not eaten. Its official Chinese name is Centella asiatica, which belongs to the genus Centella in Umbelliferae and often grows in wet grasslands and ditches.
Its appearance characteristics: perennial herb, slender and creeping stem, often rooting at nodes. The leaves are round, kidney-shaped or horseshoe-shaped, hence the name "horseshoe". Leaf blade is about 2 cm long and 3 cm wide, with bald serrations on the edge, wide heart-shaped base and hairless on both sides. The veins are palmately five to seven, and the petiole is about 6 cm long. The umbel has about four flowers, and the petals are purplish red or milky white. The fruit is spherical, two or three millimeters long. Flowering and fruiting in April 4- 10/0. Its whole grass has medicinal value.
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What are duck tongue and horseshoe vegetables?
Duck tongue, we are bitter chrysanthemum. Green vegetables. Take out the stems and leaves in early summer and eat them raw or cold. Suitable for raw food, cooking or soup. It is a good food for clearing away heat and purging fire.
Many people have never eaten water chestnut, which is also a green vegetable, and there are many wild vegetables. Actually, it is a kind of wild vegetable produced in China, Yunnan, Hubei, Sichuan and other places, and it is also an edible wild vegetable. Rich in nutrition, the whole grass can be used as medicine to supplement nutrition, reduce swelling and relieve pain.
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Duck tongue dish? If you mean meat, it's very common. If it's a plant, it's called Japanese Hedyotis, and it can cook. It is also a kind of herbal medicine, also called fat vegetable and mixed vegetable. Some places are called scallion duckbill. It is found all over the country.
First, will the duck tongue dish mentioned in the topic be duck tongue grass?
Hedyotis diffusa is very common in Shan Ye. Although it is a trivial grass, its effect should not be underestimated.
Hedyotis diffusa is a perennial herb with a height of about 1 m, short rhizome and almost erect. Hedyotis diffusa is bitter and cool. Harvest from August to September every year. It can be used as medicine after drying, and has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials. Can be used for treating dysentery, enteritis, acute tonsillitis, erysipelas and furuncle.
Hedyotis diffusa is a common weed, distributed in rice-growing areas, the Yangtze River basin and its south. People generally regard it as pig grass that pigs like to eat.
Second, horseshoe vegetables.
Eleocharis tuberosa is a wild herb in Yunnan, Hubei and Sichuan, and it is also an edible wild vegetable. Rich in nutrition, the whole grass can be used as medicine, which can not only supplement nutrition, but also reduce swelling and relieve pain.
Especially in hot summer, many people will pick horseshoe vegetables for cold dishes. If you have heatstroke, boiling soup with horseshoe lai can relieve the symptoms of heatstroke and the effect is very good.
Tongue grass: also known as mallow. Alias water Hosta, fat vegetables and miscellaneous vegetables. Plants of Hedyotis in Euphorbiaceae. Rice-growing areas in China, as well as the Yangtze River basin and southern areas are distributed. [1] Hedyotis diffusa, an immortal flower plant, tastes bitter and has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials. Treat dysentery, enteritis, acute tonsillitis, erysipelas, furuncle, etc.