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Scientific Name: Ipomoea aquatica
English Name: Water Spinach, Swamp Morning-glory
Local/Bangla Name: Kolmi (কলমি)
Photo: Chenenbaires (iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Description:
It is a perennial plant, smooth and trailing on mud or floating on water. The stem is typically hollow and roots at the nodes. Leaves come in various shapes such as ovate, ovate-oblong, deltoid, lanceolate, or linear, with pointed apex and cordate, sagittate, or hastate base. Flowers occur singly or in small clusters within axillary cymes.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Its habitat includes wet lowlands, ditches. In Bangladesh, it is distributed widely across the country.
Environment:
Freshwater.
Comments:
It is an emergent aquatic weed
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Other Information
