Kotti / Floating Lace Plant
Aponogeton natans
Also known as Drifting Sword Plant
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Kotti
Identify Kotti 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: Leaves float on the water surface.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, West Bengal and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Aponogetonaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kotti.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aponogeton natans
- Genus
- Aponogeton
- Family
- Aponogetonaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia, Australia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kotti itself; the rest are typical of the Aponogetonaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Kotti, Kotti kizhangu, கொட்டிக்கிழங்கு
- Kannada
- Kothe gida, Neeru balli, Neeru kasa
About Kotti
Floating lace Plant (Aponogeton natans) belongs to the Aponogetonaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala and 6 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Aponogetonaceae
Aponogeton Or Cape-Pondweed Family
Kotti belongs to the Aponogetonaceae family.
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