Aponogeton echinatus
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- August-March
How to identify Aponogeton echinatus
Identify Aponogeton echinatus 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: Spiny fruit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Undulate.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aponogeton echinatus
- Genus
- Aponogeton
- Family
- Aponogetonaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- In ponds and ditches
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- UndulaterecordedA wavy, rippled edge.“The leaves are light green to olive green-brown, 8 – 14 inches (20–35 cm) long and 2.5 inches (6 cm) broad, with a wavy margin and a petiole up to 18 inches (45 cm) long;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Aponogeton echinatus itself; the rest are typical of the Aponogetonaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“The flowers are produced on an erect stem up to 80 cm tall with an apical white (- pink) spike-like raceme up to 18 cm long;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Aponogeton echinatus itself; the rest are typical of the Aponogetonaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Aponogeton echinatus
A member of the Aponogetonaceae family, Aponogeton echinatus is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in in ponds and ditches. Flowering and fruiting run from August to March.
Aponogetonaceae
Aponogeton Or Cape-Pondweed Family
Aponogeton echinatus belongs to the Aponogetonaceae family.
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