Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

*Hydrilla verticillata  *Family: Hydrocharitaceae *Location-Babhnan Basti Uttar Pradesh India *November 2021 Hydrilla is a monotypic genus; H. verticillata is both phenotypically and genetically variable submerged aquatic plant that is the sole member of the genus Hydrilla in the frog’s-bit family (Hydrocharitaceae) H. verticillata may be either monoecious or dioecious. The flowers are unisexual, arising from spathes situated in the leaf axils, each flower has three sepals and three petals. All six perianth parts are clear or translucent green (the sepals usually slightly reddish). The ovary is enclosed in the base of a hypanthium, the style is as long as the hypanthium and there are three stigmas. Due to an elongation of the hypanthium, the female flower ascends to the surface of the water. The perianth segments remain closed over the stigmas during this movement and retain a bubble of air above them. The perianth segments open to form a wide fu...