It can be eaten raw, boiled and as flour (after drying and grinding). Nutrients In Singhara or Water Chestnut (Trapa bispinosa). Singhara is rich in proteins, carbohydrates, amylose,citric acid, vitamin B, C, iron, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, iodine,manganese,phophorylase and contains negligible fat. Singhara is very rich in carbohydrate and 100 gm of it gives 115 calories. 2  It help in proper functioning of thyroid. 3  The fruits are used to treat sore throat, anemia, fractures, urinary disorders, and in leprosy.
Quercus marcocarpa, the bur oak, is the tree featuring the largest acorns of any North American oak species, notes the âNational Audubon Society Field Guide to Trees: Eastern Region.â In comparison to the fruits of other oaks, they are huge.
Fattiest Acorns: The Eastern red oak acorns Iâve used have a very high oil content, and Iâve read that the Algonquin Indians used red oak acorns for oil. In the West, the champions are both live oaks, the Coastal and the interior live oak, as well as the tanoak and black oak, which is Quercus kellogii.