Potamogeton crispus L. Family - Potamogetonaceae Common name - Curled pondweed
Potamogeton crispus L.
Family - Potamogetonaceae
Common name - Curled pondweed
๐(Submersed aquatic plant)
๐Mostly found in ponds, lakes, rivers and paddy fields.
๐It has phytoremediation of heavy metals
๐Leaves are conspicuously toothed along leaf margins, sessile(attached directly to the stem), it is olive green.
๐The inflorescence is a short spike of flowers emerging above the water surface.
๐ Medicinal uses -
Antioxidant, immunity -regulation, tumour proliferation.
Sugimani Marndi
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha
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