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Water caltrop nut - Trapa natans I don't remeпber when we have collected this nut - maybe 25 years ago. Walking on the sandy beaches at the Bulgarian South Black Sea we used to often step on them, which was quite painful. I didn't know what's this until recently I read an article about this species. Nowadays the species is considered Endangered in Bulgaria and is included in the Bulgarian Red Book of plants. Black sea,Bulgaria,Burgas,Devil pod,Eudicot,Europe,Flowering Plant,Geotagged,Lythraceae,Magnoliophyta,Myrtales,Nature,Plantae,Summer,Trapa natans,Water caltrop,Wildlife,flower Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Water caltrop nut - Trapa natans

I don't remeпber when we have collected this nut - maybe 25 years ago. Walking on the sandy beaches at the Bulgarian South Black Sea we used to often step on them, which was quite painful. I didn't know what's this until recently I read an article about this species. Nowadays the species is considered Endangered in Bulgaria and is included in the Bulgarian Red Book of plants.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Very interesting, often used for decoration when I check other images online. Posted 8 years ago
    1. View Jivko Nakev's profile
      Jivko Nakev
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      Yes, The nuts are very hard, yet the seeds are edible. I will look for the plant itself to make more photos. Posted 8 years ago

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The Water caltrop

Trapa natans is a floating annual aquatic plants, growing in slow-moving water up to 5 m deep, native to warm temperate parts of Eurasia and Africa. This is one of the only 3 species in this genus (the other two being T. bicornis and T. rossica)

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Similar species: Myrtles, Evening Primroses.
Species identified by Jivko Nakev
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By Jivko Nakev

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Uploaded Jul 5, 2017. Captured Jul 4, 2017 08:32 in 99, Burgas, Bulgaria.
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  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/20.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.