Phragmites Communis

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Common reed (E); Cana de Indio (S). The young shoots sserve as a potherb. The seeds are edible cooked. Rhizomes may be eaten raw or ground into flour. Heating this flour oftne yields a taffy-like food-stuff. A sweet edible gum oozes from punctures caused by insects. The stems are used for thatching.