WorldFloraDB - Limnophila heterophylla

Characteristics

Perennials, aquatic. Aerial stems with sessile glands or pilose or nearly smooth and glabrous. Submerged leaves to 50 cm, multiparted; segments capillary. Aerial leaves opposite or whorled, sessile, oblong, ca. 15 X 3 mm, glabrous, base subamplexicaul, margin subcrenate; veins 3-5, parallel. Flowers sessile and in terminal spikes or short pedicellate and solitary in leaf axils. Bracteoles absent. Calyx ca. 3 mm, with sessile glands, without raised veins in fruit. Corolla pale purple, ca. 5 mm, glabrous. Capsule pale brown, subglobose, ca. 2.5 mm. Fl. Jul.

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A herb that grows under water. The stems are slender and smooth. The leaves are opposite or in rings. They are narrowly oblong with teeth along the edge. There are 10-15 in a ring. The flowers do not have stalks and are in the axils of leaves. They occur singly. The petals are pale mauve with purple streaks. They have a slender tube. The fruit are oval capsules. There are many seeds.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

aquatic

Foliage retention

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Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

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Mature height (meter)

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Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

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Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in swamps and wet rice fields and freshwater.

Light	-
Soil humidity
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	leaves
Therapeutic use	Wounds and injuries (leaf), Appetite stimulants (leaf), Diuretics (leaf), General tonic for rejuvenation (leaf), Burn (unspecified), Cholera (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Perfume (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Carbuncle (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (unspecified), Antifungal agents (whole plant)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds or fragments of the stem.

Mode	seedlings
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Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
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Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Images

Limnophila heterophylla unspecified picture

Distribution

Conservation status

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:804325-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001138941
COL ID	72D5G
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	895558
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Synonyms

Adenosma triflora Limnophila menthastrum Limnophila roxburghii Limnophila reflexa Antirrhinum gratissimum Capraria gratissima Limnophila heterophylla Cardanthera triflora Columnea heterophylla Tala odorata

WorldFloraDB 2024

Limnophila heterophylla (Roxb.) Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Limnophila