Poaceae
Manchurian wildrice
Zizania latifolia
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Zizania
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Common names
By language (10)
- Burmese
- အင်းမြက်
- Chinese
- 茭白笋, 茭白筍, 菰, 红球姜, 茭儿菜, 茭包, 茭白, 茭笋
- Czech
- Ovsucha širokolistá
- English
- Manchurian wildrice, Manchurian wild rice
- Hungarian
- Mandzsúriai vadrizs, Mandzsúriai rizsfű
- Japanese
- マコモ, ハナガツミ, マコモタケ, マコモダケ, 真菰, 苽
- Korean
- 줄
- lzh
- 菰
- nan
- Kha-pe̍h-sún
- Vietnamese
- Niễng
Synonyms
- Hydropyrum latifolium Griseb.
- Zizania aquatica var. latifolia (Griseb.) Kom.
- Zizania caduciflora Hand.-Mazz.
- Zizania dahurica Turcz. ex Steud.
- Zizania mezii Prodoehl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.