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Butomopsis latifolia (D.Don) Kunth

Species

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Characteristics

Emergent, erect to 0.7 m high, with radical, petiolate leaves. Leaves with petiole 3–23 cm long; blade elliptic-lanceolate-oblanceolate, with several longitudinal veins; apex acute, tipped with hard, blunt mucro. Inflorescence of 3–12 (–20) slender-pedicelled flowers, exserted well above leaves. Peduncle 5–40 cm long. Pedicel (1–) 5–14 cm long. Sepals 3, 4–6 mm long. Petals 3, exceeding sepals, white. Stamens usually 8 or 9. Carpels 4–9. Fruiting carpels c. 8–13 mm long, acute, opening above to release the many small seeds. Seeds broadly oblong, compressed, smooth, c. 0.5 mm long; embryo curved.
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Petiole 5-20 cm; leaf blade 5-15 × 1-5 cm, 3-7-veined, base attenuate, apex acute. Scapes 10-30 cm; umbels 3-15-flowered; bracts ca. 1.3 cm. Pedicels 2-14 cm. Sepals broadly elliptic, ca. 5 × 3 mm, margin membranous, apex rounded or retuse. Petals ca. 6 × 4 mm. Filaments 1.5-3 mm; anthers 1-1.5 mm. Carpels ca. 5.5 mm. Follicles 1-1.2 cm. Seeds brown, ca. 0.5 mm. Fl. and fr. May-Sep.
A herb. The leaf stalks are 5-20 cm long. The leaves are 5-15 cm long by 1-5 cm wide. There are 3-15 flowers in a group.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.7
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in marshes and rice paddy fields. In Yunnan.
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Ephemeral in floodplain swamps and edges of lagoons.
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Soil humidity 10-12
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are boiled and squeezed and then cooked as a potherb.
Uses medicinal potherb
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Butomopsis latifolia world distribution map, present in Australia, Benin, Bangladesh, Botswana, Central African Republic, China, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mali, Myanmar, Mozambique, Mauritania, Malaysia, Nigeria, Nepal, Sudan, Senegal, Chad, Thailand, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Viet Nam, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Butomopsis latifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:58284-1
WFO ID wfo-0000762564
COL ID NZ5J
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Synonyms

Tenagocharis cordofana Tenagocharis alismoides Butomus lanceolatus Elattosis apetala Butomopsis latifolia Butomus latifolius Tenagocharis lanceolata Tenagocharis latifolia Butomopsis cordofana Butomopsis lanceolata
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