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Scientific Name: Persicaria orientalis
English Name: Prince’s Feather, Gate Knotweed
Local/Bangla Name: Bara Panimorich (বড় পানিমরিচ)
Photo: Barb (iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Description:
This is an annual herb with a simple or extensively branched stem covered in fine hairs. Its leaves are alternate, petiolate, and come in various shapes such as ovate, ovate-cordate, or ovate-lanceolate, with pointed tips and variously shaped bases. The inflorescence consists of terminal spikes bearing densely clustered greenish-white flowers.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
The plant typically thrives in marshy areas, along riverbanks, ponds, canals, and ditches, and occasionally in agricultural lands. It is widespread across Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater, terrestrial.
Comments:
It is an emergent aquatic weed
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