✿Onagraceae · Ludwigia
Kaere Bandu Gida / Perennial Water Primrose
Ludwigia perennis
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ludwigia perennis
- Genus
- Ludwigia
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist places and waterlogged areas in grasslands
- Distribution
- India, Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Southeast Asia, Malaysia to Tropical Australia, New Caledonia
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kaere Bandu Gida itself; the rest are typical of the Onagraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- musalkathilai
- Kannada
- ಕೆರೆಬೆಂಡು Kaere bandu gida, Kere bendu gida
- Malayalam
- Neerkarayambu
About Kaere Bandu Gida
Perennial Water Primrose (Ludwigia perennis) belongs to the Onagraceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat and 8 other states. It grows in moist places and waterlogged areas in grasslands. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Onagraceae
Evening-Primrose Family
Kaere Bandu Gida belongs to the Onagraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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