Kumudini / Crested Floating-Heart
Nymphoides hydrophylla
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal & more
How to identify Kumudini
Identify Kumudini 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Small floating heart-shaped leaves.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm fruit type: Capsule.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Menyanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kumudini.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Nymphoides hydrophylla
- Genus
- Nymphoides
- Family
- Menyanthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Aquatic
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Karnataka, Kerala, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttarakhand
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Menyanthaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“The fruit is a capsule bearing many flattened seeds.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Umbel
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kumudini itself; the rest are typical of the Menyanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- कुमुदिनी Kumudini, Tagarmul
- Bengali
- চাঁদমালা
- Tamil
- அந்தரத்தாமரை
- Malayalam
- Cheruthettambel, Neythel, നെയ്യാമ്പൽ
- Odia
- ତଗରପାଦ
About Kumudini
Crested floating-heart (Nymphoides hydrophylla) belongs to the Menyanthaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal and 10 other states. It grows in aquatic.
Menyanthaceae
Pogbean Family
Kumudini belongs to the Menyanthaceae family.
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