Details for: PI 106274, Eleocharis dulcis (Burm. f.) Trin. ex Hensch., Ma Tai

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Eleocharis dulcis (Burm. f.) Trin. ex Hensch.

Top Name:

Ma Tai

Origin:

Donated – Guangdong Sheng, China

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

Aug 1934

PI Assigned:

1934

Inventory Volume:

120
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Corm	6 count		PI 106274 01 CM

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Eleocharis dulcis (Burm. f.) Trin. ex Hensch.

Top Name:

Ma Tai

Origin:

Donated – Guangdong Sheng, China

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

Aug 1934

PI Assigned:

1934

Source History

Donated

31 August 1934.
Guangdong Sheng, China

Donor(s):

Groff, G.W., Lingnan University

Accession Names and Identifiers

Ma Tai

Type: Local name

Narrative

A Chinese vegetable which grows very much in the same manner as wet-land rice. The corns or tuberous rhizomes are mostly eaten raw, but are also sliced or shredded in soups and in meat and rice dishes. The plants, which are grown on muck or clay soil, need a hot summer to mature.

Eleocharis dulcis (Burm. f.) Trin. ex Hensch.

Genus:

Eleocharis

Family:

Cyperaceae

Subfamily:

Cyperoideae

Tribe:

Eleocharideae

Nomen number:

14976

Place of publication:

Vita Rumphii 186. 1833

Verified:

05/24/1994 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Andropogon dulcis Burm. f.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Eleocharis equisetina J. Presl & C. Presl
Eleocharis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schult.
Scirpus tuberosus Roxb.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Chinese water-chestnut	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	ground-chestnut	1	CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
English	waternut	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
French	châtaigne d'eau	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	chinesische Wassernuß	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Wasserkastanie	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	cabezas de negrito	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	nuez china	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	pitsi	2	Molina G., A. M. 2011. Review of Cyperaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 31 Mar.

Annotations

The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 01 Jun 1995, from Eleocharis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schult. to Eleocharis dulcis (Burm. f.) Trin. ex Hensch.