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Common name: Water Bonnets, Water cabbage, Water Lettuce, St. Lucy's Plant, , Akashamuli आकाशमूली (Marathi), {Antaratamara అంతరతామర, Tudikura తూడికూర (Telugu)}, {Antarattamarai அந்தரத்தாமரை, Akacattamarai ஆகாசத்தாமரை, Kulittamarai குழித்தாமரை (Tamil)}

Botanical name: Pistia stratiotes - [ (PEES-tee-uh) meaning water; (stra-tee-OH-tees) meaning soldier ] Synonyms: Pistia crispata, Pistia minor Family: Araceae (aroid, or arum family) - [ (a-RAY-see-ay) the Aroid or Arum family ]

Origin: Pantropical


A pantropic species. It is a free-floating perennial of quiet ponds nearly throughout the tropics and subtropics; stoloniferous, forming colonies, rosettes to 15cms across, with long, feathery, hanging roots; leaves obovate to spathulate-oblong, truncate to emarginate at the apex, long-cuneate at base, with many prominent longitudinal veins, light green, velvety-hairy; inflorescence inconspicuous, to 1cm long; flowers few, unisexual, enclosed in a leaflike spathe.

Often grown in ponds and aquaria, can become a serious pest in the tropics.

Courtesy: - Gardentia - Top Tropicals - Dave's Garden - ZipCode Zoo - EcoPort - A Dictionary - Marathi and English - A Telugu-English Dictionary - Tamil Lexicon

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Author Dinesh Valke from Thane, India
Camera location19° 07′ 13.63″ N, 72° 52′ 25.09″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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