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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = ''Euryale ferox''<br /> | image = Euryale ferox.jpg<br /> | image_width = 260px<br /> | image_caption = Illustration of ''Euryale ferox'' from ''Curtis's botanical magazine'' (1812).<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Nymphaeales]]<br /> | familia = [[Nymphaeaceae]]<br /> | genus = ''[[Euryale]]''<br /> | species = '''''E. ferox'''''<br /> | binomial = ''Euryale ferox''<br /> | binomial_authority = [[Richard Anthony Salisbury|Salisb.]]<br /> }}<br /> '''''Euryale ferox''''' (also known as '''fox nut''' or '''foxnut''') is a flowering plant in the water lily family, [[Nymphaeaceae]]. It grows in water, producing large floating leaves with a quilted texture, bright purple flowers, and starchy white seeds. It is native to Asia.<br /> <br /> In [[Chinese language|Chinese]], the plant is called ''qiàn shí'' (simplified: [[wiktionary:芡|芡]][[wiktionary:实|实]]; traditional: [[wiktionary:芡|芡]][[wiktionary:實|實]]). Its edible seeds, [[Gordon Euryale]]&lt;!--What does &quot;Gordon&quot; mean here? Is that someone's name?--&gt;, are used in [[traditional Chinese medicine]].<br /> <br /> The [[Soviet Union]] issued a [[postage stamp]] featuring this species.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> *[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?16447 ''Euryale ferox'' page]<br /> *[http://www.foodsnherbs.com/fox_nut_(qian_shi).htm ''Fox nut'' page]<br /> *[http://www.nutritionalwellness.com/nutrition/herbs/e/euryale_seed.php ''Euryale seed'' page]<br /> *[http://www.e2121.com/herb_db/viewherb.php3?viewid=606&amp;setlang= Gordon ''Euryale'' page]<br /> {{botany-stub}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Nymphaeaceae]]</div>

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