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Scientific Name: Nymphoides indica
English Name: Water snowflake, White water fringe
Local/Bangla Name: Panchuli (পানচুলি), Chandmalla (চাঁদ মালা)
Photo: Catalina Tong (iNaturalist )
Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Menyanthaceae
Description:
This annual herb is characterized by its floating nature and rhizomatous, stoloniferous growth. Its leaves have petioles and orbicular blades with deep cordate bases, featuring obtuse basal lobes and a triangular sinus, with somewhat sinuate margins. The flowers are bisexual and distylic, appearing above the water between the basal lobes of the leaf. They are pedicellate and typically pure white, sometimes with a yellow or orange base.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
This plant is commonly found along the margins of both fresh and brackish water lakes and rivers throughout Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater, brackish.
Comments:
It is a submerged aquatic weed
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
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Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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