Pan India Bouquets

Enhydra fluctuans Lour.

Family : Asteraceae
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
Synonym(s) : Enydra anagallis Gardner, Meyera fluctuans (Lour.) Spreng
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Name not found
Habit : Jan
Habitat : Grows in and along ditches, water courses, margins of fish ponds and rice fields in the open, from sea-level up to 1800 m. altitude
Comments / notes : It is able to reproduce by fragmentation and may be so abundant that it clogs water courses.
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Alipurduar district,Jalpaiguri district,Cooch Behar district
Native : Australia, Africa, Tropical Asia and Southeast Asia
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Southern Africa, tropical Asia to Australia.
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 155; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1614-1615; Rahman S. M. et. al., (2013). Enhydra fluctuans Lour: A Review. Research J. Pharm. and Tech. 6 (9): 927-929
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Enhydra fluctuans. Downloaded on 2 December 2023.

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