Botanical Name / Pontederia hastata L.

Group: 2 Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) - II - Monocotyledons Family: Pontederiaceae Genus: Pontederia

Common sinhala name

Jabara

Habit

Aquatic herb

Origin

Native

Conservation status

NT - Near Threatened

Legal status

Not protected

Similar species

All vernacular names

Diya-habarala (Sinhala), Nilotpalam (Sanskrit), Arrow leaf pondweed

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Pontederia hastata L.

Contributors for Images

Aruna Yasapalitha (ID-AY), Sanjeewa Rupasinghe (ID-SR)- IDA 100%,Jacob de Vlas (ID-JdV)

Monochoria hastaefolia Presl

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