Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Ceratophyllum demersum L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Ceratophyllum aquaticum H.C.Watson |
synonym | Ceratophyllum asperum Lam. |
synonym | Ceratophyllum cornutum Rich. |
synonym | Ceratophyllum demersum var. inflatum R.E.Fr. |
synonym | Ceratophyllum demersum var. oxyacanthum (Cham.) K.Schum. |
synonym | Ceratophyllum demersum var. tricorne Van Haes. |
synonym | Ceratophyllum gibbum Laforet ex Nyman |
synonym | Ceratophyllum indicum Willd. ex Cham. |
synonym | Ceratophyllum oxyacanthum Cham. |
synonym | Ceratophyllum tricorne Dumort. |
synonym | Ceratophyllum tricuspidatum Dumort. |
synonym | Ceratophyllum tuberculatum Cham. |
synonym | Ceratophyllum verticillatum Roxb. |
synonym | Ceratophyllum vulgare Schleid. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Much branched, rootless, submerged, aquatic plants, 15-60 (-90) cm long. Leaves whorled, 1-4 times dichotomously branched, minutely toothed at irregular intervals, often terminated by 1 or 2 sharp bristles. Flowers minute, solitary, axillary, unisexual, male and female flowers at different nodes. Perianth segments 6-15, upto 1 mm long, connate at the base, each segment terminated by 2 bristles. Male flowers consisting of 8-30 stamens, spirally arranged on a convex receptacle, narrowed into the base, subsessile, apex terminated by two spinous incurved processes; anthers erect, 2-lobed, pollen elliptical or round. Female flower consists of a sessile carpel, ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled, style simple, stigma oblique, style elongating in fruit forming the apical spine. Fruit a nutlet, 3.5-4 mm long, 2.5-3 mm broad (excluding spines), sessile with persistent perianth, ovoid, compressed, provided with 3 spines; one apical and 2-lateral, near the base.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Aquatic , Grown in Aquarium
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Freshwater
Small ditches and ponds at low lands, sometimes in brackish water
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
River banks, stream, ponds, ditches, puddles
Description
Global Distribution
Cosmopolitan
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Alappuzha
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Maharashtra: Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Thane
Karnataka: Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara
Kerala: Alapuzha
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Kancheepuram, Thiruvallur, Tirunelveli
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra,punjab, Rajasthan; Throughout The World
Local Distribution
Bongaigaon, Barak Valley, Darrang
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Traditional chinese medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Traditional chinese medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=509
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=509 |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Ceratophyllum demersum L., Sp. Pl. 992. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 639. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1391(973). 1928; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 58. 1991; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 668. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=509
Information Listing > References
- Ceratophyllum demersum L., Sp. Pl. 992. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 639. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1391(973). 1928; Joseph, Aquatic Angiosp. Malabar 58. 1991; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 668. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=509
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Ceratophyllales |
Family | Ceratophyllaceae |
Genus | Ceratophyllum |
Species | Ceratophyllum demersum L. |
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