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Sagittaria latifolia

Sagittaria latifolia
Sagittaria latifolia (flowers).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Sagittaria
Species: S. latifolia
Binomial name
Sagittaria latifolia
Willd.
Arrowhead, raw
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 414 kJ (99 kcal)
20.23 g
0.29 g
5.33 g
Vitamins
Thiamine (B1)
(15%)
0.17 mg
Riboflavin (B2)
(6%)
0.073 mg
Niacin (B3)
(11%)
1.65 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5)
(12%)
0.599 mg
Vitamin B6
(20%)
0.26 mg
Folate (B9)
(4%)
14 μg
Vitamin C
(1%)
1.1 mg
Minerals
Calcium
(1%)
10 mg
Iron
(20%)
2.57 mg
Magnesium
(14%)
51 mg
Manganese
(17%)
0.36 mg
Phosphorus
(25%)
174 mg
Potassium
(20%)
922 mg
Sodium
(1%)
22 mg
Zinc
(3%)
0.28 mg

Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults.
Source: USDA Nutrient Database

Sagittaria latifolia is a plant found in shallow wetlands and is sometimes known as broadleaf arrowhead,duck-potato,Indian potato, or wapato. This plant produces edible tubers that were extensively used by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Sagittaria latifolia is a variably sized (2 to 20 meters in length) perennial growing in colonies that can cover large amounts of ground. The roots are white and thin, producing white tubers covered with a purplish skin a good distance (0.3 to 1 m long, 0.15 to 0.6 meter deep) from the mother plant. It is green and white. The plant produces rosette of leaves and an inflorescence on a long rigid scape. The leaves are extremely variable, from very thin at 1 to 2 cm to wedge shaped like those of Sagittaria cuneata. Spongy and solid, the leaves have parallel venation meeting in the middle and the extremities. The inflorescence is a raceme composed of large flowers whorled by threes. Usually divided into female flowers on the lower part and male on the upper, although dioecious individuals are also found. Three round, white petals and three very short curved, dark green sepals. Male flowers are easily distinguished from female due to the dissimilarity between the 25 to 50 yellow stamens of the male and the sphere of green carpels of the female ones.


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