Potamogeton natans L. Family - Potamogetonaceae Common name - Broad-leaved pondweed
Potamogeton natans L.
Family - Potamogetonaceae
Common name - Broad-leaved pondweed
(Submerged aquatic plant)
๐ผSmall green flowers
๐ผIt produces both floating and submersed leaves on the same plant.
๐ผThe shape of the floating leaves depends on the shape of the current, with faster current resulting in more elongated the leaves and less cordate leaf bases.
๐ผIt can be used as an oxygenator of ponds.
๐ผ Medicinal uses -
The plant is used as febrifuge.
Sugimani Marndi
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha
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