Pani Ki Ghas / Water Primrose
Ludwigia adscendens
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, West Bengal, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Pani Ki Ghas
Identify Pani Ki Ghas 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: Spongy white floating roots.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, West Bengal, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ludwigia adscendens
- Genus
- Ludwigia
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Aquatic
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- Continental Asia, Australia, Malesia
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, West Bengal, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“The plant has simple leaves with elliptic blades, which are 0.4–7 cm long and 0.7–3 cm wide.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- EllipticrecordedWidest at the middle, tapering evenly at both ends.“The plant has simple leaves with elliptic blades, which are 0.4–7 cm long and 0.7–3 cm wide.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pani Ki Ghas itself; the rest are typical of the Onagraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded“Its cream flowers emerge singly at axils, and each have 5 sepals, 5 petals, and 10 stamens.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pani Ki Ghas itself; the rest are typical of the Onagraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Pani Ki Ghas
- Nepali
- जडेलो Jadelo
- Bengali
- Keshardam, কেশরদাম
- Kannada
- ನೀರುದಂಟು Neerudantu, ನೀರುಹಾವು Neeru haavu, ತೋಯಿದಂಟು Toyidantu
- Malayalam
- Nir-charambu, നീർപ്പനിനീർ
About Pani Ki Ghas
Water Primrose (Ludwigia adscendens) belongs to the Onagraceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, West Bengal, Karnataka and 11 other states. It grows in aquatic. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Onagraceae
Evening-Primrose Family
Pani Ki Ghas belongs to the Onagraceae family.
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