All Entries in the "Aquatic Plants" Category
Monochoria
Kingdom: Plantae Order: Commelinales Family: Pontederiaceae Genus: Monochoria Species: M. vaginalis Synonyms: Pontederia auct. mal. Common names: M. hastata (L.) Solms: Trakiet, chrach (Khmer); Pak top noy, ‘ il hin (Laos); Pak top, phakpong (Thai); Rau mac (Viet.). M. vaginalis (Burm. f.) J. Presl: Chrach (Khmer); Rau mac la thon, rau choc, rau mac la [...]
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Aampal (Indian water lily)
Botanical name : Nymphaea nouchali Burn.f. Family : Nymphaeceae AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES Rasa : Madhura, Tikta Guna : Guru, Snigda Virya : Seeta PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES English : Indian water lily Hindi : Kanval, Kokka Malayalam : Aampal PLANT DESCRIPTION A large perennial aquatic herb with short round rhizomes. Leaves floating, peltate, flowers are large, beautiful [...]
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Aponogetons
Common Name: Aponogeton ulvaceus Proper Name: Aponogeton ulvaceus Category: Aponogetons and Criniums Temperature: 20 – 27 C PH: 5 – 8 Lighting: Medium Growth Rate: Fast Difficulty: Medium Origin: Madagascar Position in Aquascape: BackgroundAponogetons are aquatic plants that are usually grown from bulbs, even though [...]
admin | Jun 02, 2011 | Comments 0