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Scientific Name: Wolffia arrhiza
English Name: Rootless duckweed
Local/Bangla Name: Edurkanipana (ইঁদুর কানিপোনা)
Photo: Vadym Maniuk (iNaturalist)
Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Description:
This plant is a free-floating aquatic species with fronds that are spherical to ellipsoid, transparent at the base, and have a flat, dark green upper surface, with only the center floating above the water. It has no roots and occasionally produces flowers and rarely fruits.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
This species inhabits freshwater ponds, ditches, lakes, slow-moving canals, rice fields, and other stagnant water bodies. It is widely distributed throughout Bangladesh.
Environment:
Freshwater.
Comments:
It is a floating aquatic weed.
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