Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

Family: Pontederiaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: Blue, Lavender. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Spreading or horizontal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

tasteless. — Young leaves and petioles - cooked.; Virtually tasteless.; Said to be used as a carotene-rich table vegetable in Formosa.; Javanese sometimes cook and eat the green parts and inflorescence.

Habitat & North American Range

Water courses. Moist and boggy areas at elevations of 200 - 1500 metres in Nepal. (Zone 10)