✿Onagraceae · Ludwigia
Ban Long / False Primrose
Ludwigia octovalvis subsp. sessiliflora
Also known as Kamole, Primrose Willow, Swamp Primrose
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Manipur
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ludwigia octovalvis subsp. sessiliflora
- Genus
- Ludwigia
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Marshy places
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Manipur
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ban Long itself; the rest are typical of the Onagraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बन लौंग Ban long
- Bengali
- বন লবংগ Ban lavanga
- Tamil
- Kattukkirampu
- Kannada
- ಕಾವಾಕುಲ, ಕಾವಾಕುಳ, ಕಾವಾಕೂಲ
- Malayalam
- kattukarayamapu
- Marathi
- पाण लवंग Pan lavang
About Ban Long
False Primrose (Ludwigia octovalvis subsp. sessiliflora) is a herb in the Onagraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Manipur. It grows in marshy places. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Onagraceae
Evening-Primrose Family
Ban Long belongs to the Onagraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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