✿Lemnaceae · Lemna
Common Duckweed
Lemna gibba
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab & more
- Flowering
- August-January
Plant Details
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Variable
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Variable
Typical of the Lemnaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Common Duckweed
Common Duckweed (Lemna gibba) is a herb belonging to the Lemnaceae family (Arum Family). It is typically found in stagnant waters. Native to India, Sri Lanka, Africa, it is distributed across Cosmopolitan. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during August-January. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Botanical family
Lemnaceae
Arum Family
Common Duckweed belongs to the Lemnaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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