✿Hydrocharitaceae · Hydrilla
Jhangi / Hydrilla
Hydrilla verticillata
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Gujarat, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hydrilla verticillata
- Genus
- Hydrilla
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Stagnant ponds
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Native to
- Old World tropics
- Distribution
- Old World tropics
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Variable
- Margin
- Variable
- Venation
- Variable
Typical of the Hydrocharitaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Jhangi, Kureli,हाइड्रिल्ला haidrilla
- Nepali
- पानी उन्यु Paanee Unyu
- Bengali
- Jhangi, Kureli, Saola
- Tamil
- Amiranappaci, Chikavalakam, Chimpaka
- Malayalam
- Ene-pael
- Marathi
- Seval, Shakharisheval
About Jhangi
Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) is a herb belonging to the Hydrocharitaceae family (Frog's-Bit Family). It is typically found in stagnant ponds. It is native to Old World tropics. It flowers and fruits through much of the year. The species is valued in traditional medicine. Its conservation status has been assessed as Least Concern (LC).
Botanical family
Hydrocharitaceae
Frog's-Bit Family
Jhangi belongs to the Hydrocharitaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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