Cambodian aquatic edible plants (Part III)

In my previous article about edible plants, I touched a bit on aquatic plants.

From the wild, actually there are some wild aquatic edible plants as well. 

In this article, I would like to introduce them a bit more.

• Some plants are commonly used or eaten countrywide, while others are used by regions or only some people.
• Some are only specific for one regions, others Cambodian do not know about it.
• The majority of aquatic edible plants are found in the paddy field - especially in rainy season.

Water lily, rice, Pickerel Weed/​ Arrow leaf & Creeping Water Primrose

កកូរកណ្តៀងMorning glory used in papaya saladWater lily and W​ater celery as side vegetables for Cambodian noodle dish

កណ្តៀង ច្រាច់ និងត្រកៀត​ (Kandieng or Water primrose, Arrow leaf & Yellow velvetleaf)

Below is the list of some aquatic edible plants in Cambodia

Local name	English names (next is parts where they are used	Flowers	Young leaves	Pod/Stem	Root/Tube	Fruit	Seed	Purpose of use
ស្រូវ	Rice						x	Meal, rice porridge and sometimes used in soup to add taste
ឈូក	Lotus			x	x	x		Stir fry, soup, snack
កំប្លោក	Water Hyacinth	x		x				Soup, Side vegetables in Cambodian noodle mixed with other fresh vegetables, also in Asian Mackerel Vegetable Dip Sauce.
ដើមព្រលិត/រំចង់	Water Lily (red flower and white flowers)			x				Soup, salad, Side vegetables for many dishes such as Asian Mackerel Vegetable Dip Sauce) salad, Khmer Noodle, and others
កញ្ឆែត /Kanchhet	Water Mimosa (Neptunia oleracea)			x				Salad, Side vegetables, soup
កណ្តៀង, ក្រពេនទឹក	Hydrolea zeylanica​ (Blue waterleaf) / water primrose			x				Soup: koko or maju (only Prey Veng and Svay Rieng - other regions have no such plants)
ស្លាបចង្វាទឹក	Alisma plantago			x				Side vegetables
ច្រាច់	Pickerel Weed,​ arrow leaf (Monochoria vaginalis)			x				Soup, sour soup
កំពីងពួយ/ស្មៅកំពីងពួយ , កំពីងពួយទឹក	Water Primrose, Creeping Water Primrose, Floating primrose-willow			x				Side vegetables, (used when the water is at its peak so the plants are young, different season it is getting bitter, some regions do not eat this)
កំជួលភ្នំ / កញ្ជល់ភ្នំ	Water Clover			x				Side vegetables
ដងវែក, ត្រកៀតប៉ោង	Velvetleaf, Sawah lettuce, Scientific name: Limnocharis flava			x				Soup
ត្រកួនទឹក	Water morning glory or swamp cabbage,			x				Side vegetables, soup, stir fry,
ត្រាវ	Taro			x	x			Rash, need to know how to cook - soup, pickle, rice porridge, dessert
ក្តាត, ក្តាតហោរា	Elephant ear taro, Giant taro, Ape flower (Alocasia macrorrhizos)							Rash, need to know how to cook - soup
ស្លែទឹក	Filamentous algae							Some people eat, the majority do not.
រាំងអន្លក់	Barringtonia / Careya​​ / Careya arborea		x					Side vegetables
ភ្លៅកង្កែប	W​ater celery			x				Side vegetables