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: Fresh Bamboo Shoots Available; Calamus, is a unique aquatic vegetable in China.Only China and Vietnam cultivate calamus as a vegetable globally.Ancients called calamus "Guzhu"."Guzhu"..Before the Tang Dynasty, calamus was cultivated as a grain crop, with its seeds known as Guzima or Diaohu."Six grains" (rice, millet, foxtail millet, sorghum, wheat, and calamus).One of (rice, millet, foxtail millet, broomcorn millet, wheat, taro).Later, people discovered that some calamuses, due to infection by the smut fungus, fail to produce flowers and fruits, but remain healthy in appearance, with their stems gradually swelling into spindle-shaped fleshy stems. This is now edible calamus.Thus, people utilized the smut fungus to prevent calamus from flowering and fruiting, and propagated these deformed plants as vegetables.It can be used for medicinal purposes.

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