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Alisma plantago-aquatica
Synonym
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Alisma angustifolium
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Family
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Alismataceae
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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June-August
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Distribution
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Europe, northern Asia, and North America
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Habitat
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Wet areas
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Uses
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Used for painful urination,edema,diarrhea
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Key botanical
characters:
It is a hairless
plant that grows in shallow water, consists of a fibrous root, several basal long
stemmed leaves 15-30 cm long, and a triangular stem up to 1 m tall. Leaves
are ovate-lanceshaped or ovate, rounded or heart-shaped at base. It has
branched inflorescence bearing numerous small flowers, 1 cm across, with
three round or slightly jagged, white or pale purple, petals. The flowers
open in the afternoon. Flowers have 3 blunt green sepals, and 6 stamens. The
carpels often exist as a flat single whorl.
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