✿Onagraceae · Ludwigia
Pani Ki Ghas / Water Primrose
Ludwigia adscendens
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, West Bengal, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
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
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Variable
- Type
- Variable
- Margin
- Variable
- Venation
- Variable
Typical of the Onagraceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Variable
- Inflorescence
- Variable
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Onagraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
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) is a herb belonging to the Onagraceae family (Evening-Primrose Family). It is typically found in aquatic. It occurs across Continental Asia, Australia, Malesia. It flowers and fruits through much of the year. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Botanical family
Onagraceae
Evening-Primrose Family
Pani Ki Ghas belongs to the Onagraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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