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Nymphoides hydrophylla (Lour.) Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Menyanthaceae > Nymphoides

Characteristics

Stems 10-30 cm, rooting from nodes. Leaves few per node; petiole 4-10 cm, slender; leaf blade cordate, 1-6 × 1-4(-5) cm, submembranous, veins indistinct. Flowers 2-10 per node, 5merous, homostylous. Pedicel 2-6 cm, slender. Calyx 4-5 mm, lobed to near base; lobes narrowly oblong, apex acute. Corolla white, campanulate, 7-8 mm, lobed to middle, tube 4-5 mm; lobes 3-4 mm, margin laciniate, apex emarginate. Filaments absent; anthers triangular, ca. 1 mm. Style very short. Capsules globose, ca. 3 mm in diam., 6-10-seeded. Seeds brown, globose, ca. 1 mm in diam.; seed coat spinescent. Fl. and fr. Aug-Sep.
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A herb which grows in water. The stem forms roots at the nodes. Its roots are fixed in the mud. It grows to 1 m or more tall. The leaves are round and heart shaped and float. They are 1-6 cm long by 1-5 cm wide. The flowers are of two forms. They are white with a yellowish tinge and are in dense clusters. The capsule is half round. The seeds are brown and 1 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support aquatic
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15
Root system rhizome
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Fruiting months
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OctNovDec
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in stagnant pools and standing water. It grows in wetlands.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

The whole plant except the roots is eaten raw or cooked. It is boiled or stir-fried. The mature fruits are eaten raw or cooked.
Uses medicinal
Edible fruits leaves seeds stems tubers
Therapeutic use Antiparasitic agents (leaf), Antipyretics (leaf), Furunculosis (leaf), Insect bites and stings (leaf), Jaundice (leaf), Skin diseases, infectious (leaf), Ulcer (leaf), Anthelmintics (leaf), Bites and stings (leaf), Eye diseases (leaf), Scorpion stings (leaf), Snake bites (leaf), Wasp sting (leaf), Anthelmintics (seed), Antiparasitic agents (stem), Insect bites and stings (stem), Ulcer (stem), Sore (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Bite(Bug) (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (unspecified), Liver diseases (unspecified), Antioxidants (unspecified), Fever (whole plant), Jaundice (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Nymphoides hydrophylla unspecified picture

Distribution

Nymphoides hydrophylla world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Nymphoides hydrophylla threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:370200-1
WFO ID wfo-0000382479
COL ID 486QK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Villarsia hydrophyllum Nymphoides hydrophylla Limnanthemum hydrophyllum Limnanthemum cristatum Menyanthes cristata Villarsia cristata Nymphoides cristata Menyanthes hydrophyllum
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