Review Article
An Overview of Status and Development Trend of Aquaculture and Fisheries in Nepal
Table 9
Plants that can be promoted in the coming days by including them in aquaculture in Nepal.
| | SN | scientific name | Common name | Local name | Family | Edible parts | Protein % |
| | 1. | Euryale ferox Salisb. | Fox nuts/Gorgon nuts | Makhana | Nymphaeaceae | Seeds | 14.5 | | 2. | Ipomoea aquatica Forssk. | Water Spinach | Pani Palungo | Convolvulaceae | Almost all parts of the young plant tissue (preferred parts are tender shoot tips and younger leaves) | 8.0 | | 3. | Neptunia oleracea Lour. | Water Mimosa | — | Fabaceae | Young leaves, shoot tips, and young pods | 6.4 | | 4. | Trapa bicornis Osbeck, T. natans L., T. bispinosa Roxb | Indian water chestnut/cattrop | Singhara/Simal Kande | Lythraceae | Fruits, seeds | 3.4 | | 5. | Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn | Lotus | Kamal | Nelumbonaceae | Leaves, stems, flowers, seeds, rhizome | 5.0 |
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