Chhotokut / Chinese Arrowhead
Sagittaria trifolia
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & more
- Flowering
- February-May
How to identify Chhotokut
Identify Chhotokut 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: Narrow-lobed arrowhead leaves.
- Confirm leaf shape: Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Alismataceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Chhotokut.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sagittaria trifolia
- Genus
- Sagittaria
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Aquatic
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- Tropical and temperate Asia, Europe, Pacific Islands
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped)recorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chhotokut itself; the rest are typical of the Alismataceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Inflorescence
- Umbel
- Fruit
- Nut
Typical of the Alismataceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Bengali
- Chhotokut
About Chhotokut
Chinese Arrowhead (Sagittaria trifolia) belongs to the Alismataceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and 5 other states. It grows in aquatic. Flowering and fruiting run from February to May.
Alismataceae
Water-Plantain Or Arrowhead Family
Chhotokut belongs to the Alismataceae family.
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