Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq.

 
  • Family : ALISMATACEAE
    (Water-Plantain Or Arrowhead Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ALISMA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Alismataceae
  • Basionym : Sagittaria obtusifolia L.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq.
  • Common name : Arrow Head
  • Vernacular name :
    • Nalkut (Marathi)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : In margins of tanks. Often on hills from 350m, in stagnant ponds and marshes
  • Comments / notes : Latex milky, sparse, drying sticky.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-August
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Anantapur district, Nellore district, Prakasam district
    • Telangana : Adilabad district, Nizamabad district
    • Karnataka : Kolar district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district
    • Kerala : Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Nagpur district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Thane district, Yavatmal district
    • Odisha : Cuttack district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district
    • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district
  • Native : Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Mad
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4
    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Pullaiah, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 3
    • Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Limnophyton obtusifolium. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

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