Chandigarh Forests
Department of Forest & Wildlife
UT Administration
Chandigarh
Department of Forest & Wildlife
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Division
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Angiosperms |
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Class
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Monocotyledons |
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Order |
Helobiales |
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Family
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Butomaceae |
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Genus
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Butomopsis |
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Species
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latifolia |
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Etymology: |
Not available |
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Botanical name
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Butomopsis latifolia ( D.Don) Kunth |
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Description: |
Erect scapigerous marshy herbs with fibrous roots. Leaves radical, elliptic- lanceolate, 12-14 cm long, acute. Flowers white in umbels on 30-35 cm long scape. Follicle 6.7, reticulately veined, beaked. |
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Distribution:
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Throughout India. |
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Where to see it: |
Water pond. |
