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Scientific Name: Enhydra fluctuans
English Name: Water Cress, Marsh Herb
Local/Bangla Name: Helencha (হেলেঞ্চা), Hincha shak (হিঞ্চা শাক)
Photo: Eduardo Luis Beltrocco (iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Description:
This plant is a marsh herb that trails along the ground and floats on water, with roots forming at the nodes. Its leaves are arranged opposite to each other and vary in shape from elliptic to linear or oblong, with obtuse to subacute tips and dentate margins. The base of the leaves narrows down, and both leaf surfaces are smooth (glabrous). The plant produces sessile capitulum inflorescences, which occur both in the axils of leaves and at the tips of stems.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It typically grows in aquatic environments such as ditches, ponds, and beels. This species can be found throughout Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater.
Comments:
It is an emergent aquatic weed
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
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Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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