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Ludwigia sedioides (Humb. & Bonpl.) H.Hara.


Synonym
:
Jussiaea sedoides Humb. & Bonpl.
Family
:
Onagraceae
Local name
:
English -    Mosaic Plant  
Flowering and fruiting period
:
October-January
Distribution
:
Native of South America
Distribution in kerala
:
All Districts
Habitat
:
Aquatic garden plant 
Endemic/Exotic
:
Exotic
Uses
:
will do best in an aquarium tank that has clean water, good aquarium lighting, CO2 injection and a nutrient dense aquarium soil.
Key Botanical Characters  :
Herbs,Slender,erect to prostrate and rooting at nodes.Leaves alternate .Usually entire;stipules present.Flowers perfect,in upper leaf axils or in spikes ,racemes or clusters.Sepals green,persistent after anthesis.Fruit an obovoid or cylindiric capsule .Seeds numerous in one to several rows per locule.


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