Enhydra fluctuans Lour.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Synonym(s) : Enydra anagallis Gardner, Meyera fluctuans (Lour.) Spreng
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Enydra fluctuans Lour.
  • Habit : Jan
  • Habitat : Grows in and along ditches, water courses, margins of fish ponds and rice fields in the open, from sea-level up to 1800 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : It is able to reproduce by fragmentation and may be so abundant that it clogs water courses.
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Alipurduar district,Jalpaiguri district,Cooch Behar district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Australia, Africa, Tropical Asia and Southeast Asia
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Southern Africa, tropical Asia to Australia.
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 155
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1614-1615
    • Rahman S. M. et. al., (2013). Enhydra fluctuans Lour: A Review. Research J. Pharm. and Tech. 6 (9): 927-929
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Enydra fluctuans. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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India Distribution

World Distribution

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