Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Cycnogeton procerum 1 synonym: Triglochin procera |
| Common Name: | nareli , polango , swamp arrowgrass , water-ribbons |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Indigenous Plant Use, Aquatic |
| Indigenous Plant Use: | Both the leaves and tubers can be eaten raw or roasted.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Aquatic |
| Size (HxW): | stems 20-50 cm high |
| Foliage: | Long glossy ribbon-like erect to floating leaves to 3.5 m x 40 mm, thick and spongy at base. |
| Flowers: | greenish flowers during warmer months |
| General Comments: | Attracts frogs. Grown in moist edges to 2m water. Tolerates salinity. Robust tufted perennial herb with thick woody roots ending in cylindric tubers. Leaves and stems erect, leaves bending down to float with the current, more erect in still water. |
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This image by Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, has licence: CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/>
This image by Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, has licence: CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/>
This image by Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, has licence: CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/>