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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Euryale ferox''
| image = Euryale ferox.jpg
| image_width = 260px
| image_caption = Illustration of ''Euryale ferox'' from ''Curtis's botanical magazine'' (1812).
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Nymphaeales]]
| familia = [[Nymphaeaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Euryale]]''
| species = '''''E. ferox'''''
| binomial = ''Euryale ferox''
| binomial_authority = [[Richard Anthony Salisbury|Salisb.]]
}}
'''''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.
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]]<!--What does "Gordon" mean here? Is that someone's name?-->, are used in [[traditional Chinese medicine]].
The [[Soviet Union]] issued a [[postage stamp]] featuring this species.
==External links==
<br />
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?16447 ''Euryale ferox'' page]
*[http://www.foodsnherbs.com/fox_nut_(qian_shi).htm ''Fox nut'' page]
*[http://www.nutritionalwellness.com/nutrition/herbs/e/euryale_seed.php ''Euryale seed'' page]
*[http://www.e2121.com/herb_db/viewherb.php3?viewid=606&setlang= Gordon ''Euryale'' page]
{{botany-stub}}
[[Category:Nymphaeaceae]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Euryale ferox''
| image = Euryale ferox.jpg
| image_width = 260px
| image_caption = Illustration of ''Euryale ferox'' from ''Curtis's botanical magazine'' (1812).
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Nymphaeales]]
| familia = [[Nymphaeaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Euryale]]''
| species = '''''E. ferox'''''
| binomial = ''Euryale ferox''
| binomial_authority = [[Richard Anthony Salisbury|Salisb.]]
}}
'''''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.
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]]<!--What does "Gordon" mean here? Is that someone's name?-->, are used in [[traditional Chinese medicine]].
The [[Soviet Union]] issued a [[postage stamp]] featuring this species.
==External links==
<br />
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?16447 ''Euryale ferox'' page]
*[http://www.foodsnherbs.com/fox_nut_(qian_shi).htm ''Fox nut'' page]
*[http://www.nutritionalwellness.com/nutrition/herbs/e/euryale_seed.php ''Euryale seed'' page]
*[http://www.e2121.com/herb_db/viewherb.php3?viewid=606&setlang= Gordon ''Euryale'' page]
{{botany-stub}}
[[Category:Nymphaeaceae]]
