Neptunia oleracea

• 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.