马蹄[Eleocharis tuberosus(Roxb.)Schult],一名荸荠。桂林栽培的马蹄,球茎个形较大,皮薄,肉质细嫩,甘甜清脆,果渣少,是比较优良的品种。也是桂林传统的出口商品。可生食、熟食、制作罐头、酿酒、加工马蹄粉或做蜜饯。耐贮藏,可保存到翌年四、五月份,有利于增加桂林水果淡季的供应。马蹄也可药用,主治热病伤津烦渴,小便不利等。 桂林郊区的农民有栽培马蹄的习惯,多是利用水田种植,并施用比较大量的农家肥做基肥,生长良好,产量也不低。为了了解桂林马蹄的质量情况,我们对桂林较为有名的老产地卫家度和东山等地生产的马蹄,以及施用不同种类的肥料种植出来的马蹄,进行了一些营养 Horseshoe [Eleocharis tuberosus (Roxb.) Schult], a water chestnut. Horseshoe cultivated in Guilin, bulbs larger shape, thin skin, delicate meat, sweet and crisp, less fruit residue, is a relatively good variety. Guilin is also a traditional export products. Can be eaten raw, cooked food, canned, brewed wine, processing horseshoe flour or make preserves. Storability, can be stored in April and May the following year, is conducive to increasing the supply of Guilin fruit off-season. Horseshoe can also be medicated, attending fever Feel tired thirst, urinary disadvantage. Guilin suburbs farmers have the habit of cultivating horseshoe, mostly the use of paddy fields, and the application of relatively large amount of farmyard manure, good growth, yield is not low. In order to understand the quality of horseshoe in Guilin, we conducted some nutritions on the horseshoe produced in Weiyuan, the famous old origin of Guilin and Dongshan, as well as the horseshoe planted with different kinds of fertilizers