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NAME: Yellow Pond-Lily
SPECIES / FAMILY: Nuphar Advena / Nymphaeaceae
OTHER COMMON NAME(S): Common Spatterdock, Varigated yellow pond-lily
CONDITIONS:
ponds, marshes, brackish/tidal waters
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PORTION: small
COMMENT: Although PFAF says that the root is edible, EatTheWeeds.com disagrees, “Among published professionals in the foraging community no one has found the Nuphar root worthy of being called an edible.”(2) Seed - It can be roasted, then ground into a powder and eaten raw or used to thicken soups etc. The seed can also be toasted like popcorn.(1)
NUTRITION/MEDICINAL: Anodyne; Astringent; Demulcent; Poultice; Styptic. The fresh root is anodyne, astringent and demulcent. The pulverized dried rhizomes have been used to arrest bleeding. A tea made from the roots is used in the treatment of dysentery, diarrhoea etc. A poultice made from the roots is used in the treatment of swellings, boils, tumours, inflamed skin etc.(1)
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SOURCE LINKS (may include nutritional and medicinal info, plus other uses):
- https://pfaf.org/User/plant.aspx?latinname=Nuphar+advena
- http://www.eattheweeds.com/yellow-pond-lilly-raising-a-wokas
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuphar_advena
- http://www.northernbushcraft.com/plants/cowLily/notes.htm
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=+Yellow+Pond-Lily&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go (good photos)