Summary
Place of publication:
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909:385. 1909
Verified:
04/29/1994
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
Manchurian water-rice – Manchurian wild rice – Manchurian zizania – water-bamboo – German
Wasserbambus – Japanese Rōmaji
makomo –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Amur | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Khabarovsk | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Primorye | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Siberia | Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia | Eastern Siberia | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Europe | East Europe | Estonia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Europe | East Europe | Moldova | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Europe | East Europe | Ukraine | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea, Japan, Taiwan
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RUSSIAN FAR EAST:
Russian Federation [Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye]
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SIBERIA:
Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar, Vietnam
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea, Japan, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar, Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia
Naturalized
Australasia
Europe
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EAST EUROPE:
Estonia, Moldova, Ukraine
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Human food | vegetable | | Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:278-279. |
| Weed | | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=42268.
Accessed 15 December 2025.