water chestnut Tag

26 Feb

Posted at 04:36h in Animal husbandry

सि‍ंधाडे का पोषण मूल्‍य तथा आर्द्रभूमि पारिस्थितिकी तंत्र में सिंघाड़े की खेती Water Chestnut (Trapa bispinosa Roxb.) is one of the most important aquatic nut crop grown in wetland ecosystem. Water Chestnut, Commonly known as Singhara or Panipha, is one of the few neglected but economically important aquatic crops of tropical and sub-tropical origin. It is a floating aquatic plant that grown in marshes, shallow lakes, railway track side depression and highway side depressions. It belongs to the family Lythraceae or Trapaceae and has three different species like T. bispinosa, T. natans and T. quadrispinosa or T. bicornis. In India, Water Chestnut is mainly cultivated in Bihar, Assam, West Bengal, M.P. and lower parts of...

24 Dec

Posted at 07:03h in Crop Cultivation

सिंघाड़ा के उत्पादन प्रौद्योगिकी Water chestnut (Trapa natans) is one of the most important minor fruit crops grown in India. It is an aquatic nut crop grown mainly in the tropical and sub-tropical region, as submersed plant community. It also thrives in the soft nutrient rich waters in lakes, ponds and streams with a neutral to slightly alkaline pH. The plant is well adapted to life at the water’s edge and prospers even when stranded along muddy shores. In India, it is most commonly used as edible nut. The kernel of water chestnut contains a large amount of protein (up to 20%), starch (52%), tannins (9.4%), fat (up to 1%), sugar (3%),...