Nutritional Freshwater Life
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Ceratopetris thalictroides (L.) (Brogn.)
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Common name: Water sprite, Indian
fern, water fern, oriental water fern,
water horn fern
Distribution: Cosmopolitan; pantropical; Asia, Australia, and America.
Habitat: Still or slow-moving waters;
paddy fields, ponds.
Description: Plants of this species are
usually rooted in mud, very variable in
size and appearance. Scales on rhizome
are peltate, thin, translucent, and pale
brown. Stipes measure 3–15 mm diameter in mature plants. The fronds of this
plant are used as vegetables.
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (g/100 g DM)
Moisture a
CHO b Protein
Fat
Fiber
Ash
Energy c
92.6
37.0
21.2
2.1
17.7
13.0
252
a g/100 g WW.
b Carbohydrate.
c kcal/100 g DM.
Minerals (per g or 100 g DM)
Na
(mg/g)
K
(mg/g)
Mg
(mg/g)
Ca
(mg/100 g)
Fe
(mg/100 g)
Zn
(µg/g)
Cu
(µg/g)
3.3
24.0
2.89
11.0
7.1
70.3 113.0