About duck-lettuce
Ottelia alismoides, commonly known as duck lettuce, is a species of aquatic plant native to Asia and northern Australia. Due to habitat loss and deterioration, it is endangered in China and Japan, although it is an invasive weed in America. Its genome has also been sequenced, resulting in a 6.45 Gb assembly to help study its unusual carbon metabolism mechanisms and aid in genetic conservation.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ottelia alismoides
- Genus
- Ottelia
- Family
- HYDROCHARITACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Ponds and streams
- Native to
- Often in plains to 1000m
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia to Pacific Islands and East Asia
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-April
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Nepali
- जल पालक Jal Paalak
- Bengali
- Parmikalla, পানিকলা
- Tamil
- Nirkkuliri
- Kannada
- ಹಸಿರುನೀರುಪಾತ್ರೆ Hasiru Neeru Paathre, ಕೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆಣಸುಬಳ್ಳಿ Kottigensu Balli
- Malayalam
- Ottel-ambel, ഒട്ടെലിയ അലിസ്മോയിഡെസ്
- Marathi
- Olek-alsem, भात कमळ
Botanical family
Hydrocharitaceae
Frog's-Bit Family
duck-lettuce belongs to the Hydrocharitaceae family.
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