✿Hydrocharitaceae · Ottelia
Hasiru Neeru Paathre / Duck-Lettuce
Ottelia alismoides
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- July-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ottelia alismoides
- Genus
- Ottelia
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Ponds and streams
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Native to
- Often in plains to 1000m
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia to Pacific Islands and East Asia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-April
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Ovate (egg-shaped, broad at base)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hasiru Neeru Paathre itself; the rest are typical of the Hydrocharitaceae family.
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
About Hasiru Neeru Paathre
A member of the Hydrocharitaceae family, Duck-lettuce (Ottelia alismoides) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and 14 other states. It grows in ponds and streams. Flowering and fruiting run from July to April.
Botanical family
Hydrocharitaceae
Frog's-Bit Family
Hasiru Neeru Paathre belongs to the Hydrocharitaceae family.
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