Trapa verbanensis -the Quest for the endemic Water Chestnut of Lago Maggiore

[@azael1474]

It's very weird and amazing to see you going around places I know quite well. I knew about the endemic water chestnut but I've never even attempted to look for it as nobody I knew or my relatives have ever heard of it. I really wonder what kind of luck you had, 25 years ago, to find so many. Unfortunately in the 60s-80s Lago Maggiore and others nearby lakes were highly polluted due to rapid and rampant industrialization, and many plants and fishes were lost or forgotten

[@allthefruit]

Thats sad

[@ericnyamu9981]

Its amazing you found all those chestnuts on the shore.

[@allthefruit]

Experience 😂

[@jfiekms]

16:44 Wow i have never seen this before. Absolutely wonderful. And the water chestnuts aswell of course. I didn’t even know that we had them in Europe. Even in Brandenburg right next to where i lived in germany but almost extinct in germany sadly.

[@allthefruit]

Yeah, finding them here is the next task

[@zehenn12]

Nice of you to post a video on the water chestnut/Caltrop family at this time, as Trapa bicornis or buffalo nut is traditionally eaten with taro, and mooncakes during the mid autumn festival among Chinese communities, but is it harder to get hold on them in the market nowadays and children usually don't like eating it too.

[@allthefruit]

Why dont children like it? Its nice and chrunchy

[@zehenn12]

@@allthefruit children nowadays are picky eaters

[@allthefruit]

They dont know whats good

[@azael1474]

the Walnut at 6:14 is probably a Japanese Walnut or hybrid thereof (Juglans Aliantifolia). Probably from a botanical collection (you may have noticed that Japanese species are very popular in the area). I think i had them in Tbilisi, Georgia and didn't taste any different.

[@allthefruit]

Thank you

[@azael1474]

It's Toce river not Taco XD. Yes definitely not Mexico

[@allthefruit]

Yeah, i got it wrong 😂