Kaere Bandu Gida / Perennial Water Primrose
Ludwigia perennis
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Kaere Bandu Gida
Identify Kaere Bandu Gida 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.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as West Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Onagraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kaere Bandu Gida.
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.
Onagraceae
Evening-Primrose Family
Kaere Bandu Gida belongs to the Onagraceae family.
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