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Gardening with
Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use Identification & Control
of Common Weeds

Botanical Name:Cycnogeton procerum 
Synonym(s):   Triglochin procera 
Common Name:Water-ribbons  , Nareli  , Polango 
Status:New plant not in the old website
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.

Further
Information:
  1. VICFLORA 
  2. Yarra Ranges Council 
  3. NSW Flora Online 


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