Gulabi Pantura / Purple-Spike Lace Plant
Aponogeton bruggenii
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- August-September
How to identify Gulabi Pantura
Identify Gulabi Pantura by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Purple spiked flower stalk.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-September.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Aponogetonaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Gulabi Pantura.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aponogeton bruggenii
- Genus
- Aponogeton
- Family
- Aponogetonaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gulabi Pantura itself; the rest are typical of the Aponogetonaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- गुलाबी पाणतुरा Gulabi Pantura
About Gulabi Pantura
Purple-Spike Lace Plant (Aponogeton bruggenii) is a herb in the Aponogetonaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. Flowering and fruiting run from August to September.
Aponogetonaceae
Aponogeton Or Cape-Pondweed Family
Gulabi Pantura belongs to the Aponogetonaceae family.
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