Hygroryza aristata (Retz.) Nees ex Wight & Arn.

Family - Poaceae

Common name - Bengal wild rice

Habit - herb

Habitat - Slow floating fresh water bodies

(Photo credit - Sweta Mishra)

Note - Associated species are - 

◾ Nelumbium speciosum

◾ Utricularia species

◾ Panicum palludosum

◾ Panicum repens

Medicinal uses - Traditionally it is used as diarrhoea.

Sugimani Marndi

(Biodiversity and Conservation Lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Cuttack, Odisha)