✿Pontederiaceae · Monochoria
Leaf Pondweed
Monochoria hastata
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- April-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Monochoria hastata
- Genus
- Monochoria
- Family
- Pontederiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Water bodies
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Native to
- Tropical Asia, Australia
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-December
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Bengali
- বড়নখা
About Leaf Pondweed
Leaf Pondweed (Monochoria hastata) is a herb in the Pontederiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and 3 other states. It grows in water bodies. Flowering and fruiting run from April to December.
Botanical family
Pontederiaceae
Pickerel-Weed Family
Leaf Pondweed belongs to the Pontederiaceae family.
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