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Neptunia oleracea
Neptunia oleracea
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Dr. Maulik Gadani
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Botanical Name :
Neptunia oleracea
Lour
Synonyms :
Mimosa natans
L.f.
Common Name :
Panilajak, Jalrisamani
Plant Family :
Mimosaceae
Plant Form :
Herb
Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Indroda Park
About Neptunia oleracea Plant :
Habit :
An aquatic, floating plant, emitting slender white, fibrous roots abundance from the leaf and flower-bearing nodes.
Leaves :
Abruptly bipinnate pinnae 2-3 pairs, opposite, stipules ovate-cordate, leaflets 8-15 pairs, narrow-oblong, obtuse.
Flowers :
Minute, sessile, in oblong heads, peduncles long, with ovate bract in the middle-calyx membranous.
Corolla lobes linear-oblong.
Stamens 10, much exserted, anthers gland-crested.
Fruit :
Pods stalked, deflexed, 6-9 seeded.
Flowering and Fruiting Time :
October-December
Significance :
Generally found as a cultivated plant.