Sagittaria macrophylla, common name papa de agua, is an aquatic plant species. It produces underground starchy tubers. that are edible. It has large, hastate (arrow-shaped) leaves with blades up to 30 centimetres (12 inches) long. Terminal lobe is large and broadly lanceolate, while the two basal lobes are much smaller and narrower.[1][2][better source needed]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae |
| Genus: | Sagittaria |
| Species: | S. macrophylla
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| Sagittaria macrophylla Zucc.
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It is endemic to central Mexico (States of Jalisco, Michoacán, México, Hidalgo, and the Distrito Federal), primarily in the region close to the nation's capital. It grows in clean, shallow, slow-moving water. It is considered threatened by habitat destruction due to urbanization.[1]
The tubers and those of other species of Sagittaria are a traditional food source in central Mexico, referred to as papa de agua ('water potato').
References edit
- ^ a b Zepeda Gómez, Carmen, Lot, Antonio. Distribución y uso tradicional de Sagittaria macrophylla Zucc. y S. latifolia Willd. en el Estado de México. Ciencia Ergo Sum [online] 2005, 12 (noviembre-febrero) : [Date of reference: 18 / abril / 2014] Available in:<http://estudiosterritoriales.org/articulo.oa?id=10412308> ISSN 1405-0269
- ^ Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini. 1832. Abhandlungen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung 1: 298, Sagittaria macrophylla