Enydra fluctuans Lour.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Enydra

Characteristics

Perennial aquatic to semi-aquatic herb. Stems soft, creeping, free-floating or rooting at nodes, hollow, 5–10 mm diam., glabrous or sparingly pilose; flowering branches ascending, glabrous or densely to sparingly covered with short crisped hairs. Leaves aromatic, sessile or subsessile, linear-oblong, oblong or lanceolate, usually 25–60 (–100) mm long, 6–17 (–20) mm wide, hastate, truncate or subcordate at base, entire to obscurely serrulate, with 10–20 teeth per side. Capitula sessile in leaf axils; involucral bracts ovate, many-veined from base, glabrous or with crisped hairs; outer bracts 11–15 (–20) mm long; inner bracts (5–) 8–10 mm long. Florets yellowish. Ray florets very shortly (c. 1 mm) ligulate, 3-or 4-lobed. Disc florets 5-lobed, bisexual but achenes often not developing. Achenes oblong, compressed, slightly curved, 3–5 mm long, minutely longitudinally striate.
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Perennial herb, creeping and rooting at the nodes, the flowering stems erect and to 20(–30) cm high; stems hollow, flushed red or purple, pubescent to glabrous.. Leaves (sub-)sessile, narrowly oblong, 1–12 cm long, 0.3–1.5 cm wide, base sub-hastate to broadly cuneate, margins entire or serrate, apex acute to obtuse, sparsely pubescent to glabrous, glandular-punctate.. Capitula axillary, solitary, urn-shaped; involucre 9–15 mm long; phyllaries 4, in 2 opposite pairs, the outer broadly ovate; paleae 3.2–5.5 mm long, sheathing the disc florets, keeled, ciliate and glandular near apex.. Ray florets greenish yellow to lemon yellow or white, tube 1.2–1.8 mm long, rays 0.4–0.7 mm long; disc florets yellow, 2.4–3 mm long.. Achenes brown, narrowly oblong, 2.4–3.7 mm long, gland-dotted; pappus absent.. Fig. 166 (page 769).
A herb. It is trailing and forms mats. It forms roots at the nodes. The stems are 30-60 cm long. The leaves are opposite and do not have stalks. The leaves are 3-8 cm long. The leaves are entire and sword shaped. The flower heads are small and at the ends of branches. The flowers are white.
Florets white or yellowish-white in sessile heads 1/4-1/2 in. across.
A perennial spreading herb
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system creeping-root
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Environment

Swamps and aquatic areas in coastal regions of eastern Australia. Marshes and streamsides in southern China.
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A tropical plant. It grows in muddy spots. It grows in water. It grows in wetlands. In Yunnan.
Of swampy ground, especially in coastal areas
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

In Indonesia this species is cultivated for its edible stems and leaves (Soerjani et al., Weeds Rice Indonesia 83, fig. 4.27 (1987)), and the Darwin record is almost certainly an escape from cultivation of the species grown in a local market garden.
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The young plant parts are used in salads. Sometimes they are steamed before eating. The young leaves can be eaten raw or used in soups. It can be eaten fried with meat.
Uses food gene source medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Acne vulgaris (aerial part), Immunostimulant (leaf), Antifungal agents (leaf), Cough (leaf), Demulcents (leaf), Dyspepsia (leaf), Headache (leaf), Laxatives (leaf), Liver diseases (leaf), Nervous system diseases (leaf), Skin diseases (leaf), Stomach ulcer (leaf), Ulcer (leaf), Vitiligo (leaf), Vomiting (leaf), Anthelmintics (shoot), Antidotes (shoot), Hemorrhoids (shoot), Gastrointestinal diseases (stem), Jaundice (stem), Ulcer (stem), Ascites (unspecified), Bilious (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Demulcent (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Hepatitis (unspecified), Nerves (unspecified), Anasarca (unspecified), Antinematodal agents (unspecified), Calculi (unspecified), Constipation (unspecified), Demulcents (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Hypertension (unspecified), Laxatives (unspecified), Liver diseases (unspecified), Nervous system diseases (unspecified), Pregnancy (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified), Snake bites (unspecified), Stomach diseases (unspecified), Wounds and injuries (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can easily be grown from cuttings. Seed can also be used.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Distribution

Enydra fluctuans world distribution map, present in Australia, Brazil, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:163780-3
WFO ID wfo-0000035928
COL ID ZT2D
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cryphiospermum repens Tetraotis paludosa Enydra woollsii Enydra paludosa Enydra fluctuans Enydra anagallis Meyera fluctuans Enydra linifolia Enydra hingcha Wahlenbergia globularis Tetraotis longifolia Enydra longifolia Tetraotis paludosa Tetraotis longifolia Hingtsha repens Enydra heloncha Wahlenbergia globularis Phyllimena paludosa