Lythraceae

Sinuate-leaved water-chestnut

Trapa incisa Siebold & Zucc.

Family: Lythraceae
Genus: Trapa

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Sinuate-leaved water-chestnut (Trapa incisa) — Photo: Yi CHEN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

Chinese: 小果菱, 细果野菱, 四角刻叶菱, 四角马氏菱, 野菱, 野菱根
English: Sinuate-leaved water-chestnut, Tiny water chestnut, Tiny water-chestnut, Tiny waterchestnut
Japanese: ヒメビシ
Korean: 애기마름
Russian: Водяной орех Максимовича

Synonyms

Trapa bispinosa var. incisa (Siebold & Zucc.) Franch. & Sav.
Trapa incisa var. incisa
Trapa incisa var. pubescens Z.F.Yin, L.Yong Sun & Z.Jiang
Trapa maximowiczii var. tonkinensis Gagnep.
Trapa natans var. incisa (Siebold & Zucc.) Makino

Photos

Photo: Yi CHEN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Show_ryu, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.