Ludwigia adscendens

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🗒 Common Names

Assamese	Kechera Keshardam Pani-khutura Taljuria
English	Water Primrose
Other	Keshardam (Bengali) Kessara (Hindi) Pokal Panlawang Water Dragon Water Primrose ইসিং কুন্দো Ising Kundo (Manipuri)

📚 Overview

Overview

Summary

Brief

Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Diagnostic

Diagnostic Keys

Description

Habit: Herb

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

Attributions	G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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Aquatic floating herbs; aerophores spongy, white coloured, fusiform. Leaves 1.5-3.5 x 0.5-1.5 cm, obovate to oblanceolate, base attenuate, apex obtuse, lower surface glossy. Flowers solitary, axillary, to 4 cm across. Calyx tube c. 1 cm long, pubescent; lobes 5, narrow-lanceolate. Petals 5, obovate, emarginate or rounded at apex, cream coloured or white with an yellowish blotch inside. Stamens 10; filaments subequal. Ovary 5-locular; ovules many; style hairy at base; stigma globose. Capsule c. 2.5 cm long, terete, 10-ribbed, dehiscing by 4-5 valves.

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

Attributions	Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors	D. Narasimhan
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SubSpecies Varieties Races

Diagnostic Keys

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📚 Nomenclature and Classification

Nomenclature and Classification

Taxon Record Name

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Type Information

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📚 Natural History

Natural History

Life Cycle

Cyclicity

Flowering and fruiting: Throughout the year

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Contributors	D. Narasimhan
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Miscellaneous Details

Notes: Ponds and ditches

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

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📚 Habitat and Distribution

Habitat and Distribution

General Habitat

Waste lands, degraded places

Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.

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Ponds and ditches

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

Attributions	Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors	D. Narasimhan
Status	UNDER_CREATION
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References

Distribution

Description

Global Distribution

India: Throughout; Sri Lanka, China, Australia

Local Distribution

Bongaigaon, Kamrup, Barak Valley, Darrang

Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.

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Maharashtra: Thane Karnataka: Belgaum, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga Kerala: Alapuzha, Idukki, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malapuram, Pathanamthitta Tamil Nadu: All districts

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

Attributions	G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Contributors	G Renu Sanjana Julias Thilakar D. Narasimhan
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
References

Global Distribution

Continental Asia, Malesia and Australia

Indian distribution

State - Kerala, District/s: Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Kannur, Thrissur, Ernakulam

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

Attributions	Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors	D. Narasimhan
Status	UNDER_CREATION
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Endemic Distribution

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📚 Occurrence

Occurrence

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📚 Demography and Conservation

Demography and Conservation

Protection Legal Status

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📚 Uses and Management

Uses and Management

Uses

System of Medicines Used In

Folk medicine

System Of Medicines Used In

Folk medicine

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2806

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Medicinal

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

Attributions	Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors	D. Narasimhan
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Folklore

Management

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📚 Information Listing

Information Listing

Species Resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN)

Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

References

D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2806

Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983

Jussiaea repens L., Sp. Pl. 1: 388. 1753, non Ludwigia repens Forst. 1771; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 587. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 516(365). 1919.
Jussiaea adscendens L., Mant. Pl. 1: 69. 1767.
Ludwigia adscendens (L.) Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 28: 290. 1953; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 191. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 169. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 171. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 274. 1990; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 159. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 205. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 151. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 230. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 310. 2009; Barua, Rheedea 20: 60. 2010; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 383. 2009.

Information Listing > References

D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2806
Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
Jussiaea repens L., Sp. Pl. 1: 388. 1753, non Ludwigia repens Forst. 1771; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 587. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 516(365). 1919.
Jussiaea adscendens L., Mant. Pl. 1: 69. 1767.
Ludwigia adscendens (L.) Hara, J. Jap. Bot. 28: 290. 1953; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 191. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 169. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 171. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 274. 1990; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 159. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 205. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 151. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 230. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 310. 2009; Barua, Rheedea 20: 60. 2010; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 383. 2009.

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