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Dragon primrose (Ludwigia adscendens)

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Dragon primrose (Ludwigia adscendens) is a plant species in the Onagraceae, a floating herbaceous perennial with a spongy and white float, large and cylindrical stems, growing floating on the surface of the water and crawling over the surface of wet soil.

L. adscendens has simple leaves with elliptical blades, thick, 0.4-7 cm long, 0.7-3 cm wide, apex sharp or rounded, margins even, dark green and shiny, a main vein in the center with many small pinnate vein. Petiole short 0.5-1.0 cm.





Disc-shaped flowers, white or cream with a yellow center, appear singly in the leaf axils, each having 5 sepals, 5 petals and 10 stamens. Flowers have long stalks and white hair.

This species grows to float on calm, clear fresh water and permanently wet land with plenty of sunlight in rivers, canals, canals, farmland, roadsides and other inundated places.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Ludwigia L. in Sp. Pl.: 118 (1753)
Section: Oligospermum
Species: Ludwigia adscendens (L.) H.Hara in J. Jap. Bot. 28: 291 (1953)
Subspecies: Ludwigia adscendens subsp. adscendens, Ludwigia adscendens subsp. diffusa (Forssk.) P.H.Raven

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Jussiaea adscendens L. in Mant. Pl.: 69 (1767)

PUBLICATIONS

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VERNACULAR NAME

Arabic: تنين الماء
Assamese: Pani Khutora
Bengali: কেশরদম - জল দ্রগন Keshardam, Jala ḍragana
Burmese: ရေး နာဂါ Ray nagarr
Chinese (simplified): 水龙
Chinese (traditional): 白花水龍 - 水龍 - 過塘蛇
English: Dragon primrose, Water-dragon
Filipino: Sigang-dagat, Gabi-gabi, Tabagan
Hong Kong: 白花水龍 - 水龍 - 過塘蛇
Indonesian: Krangking
Japanese: ケミズキンバイ
Java: Krangking
Kannada: Neerudantu, Neeru haavu, Toyidantu
Khmer: អ្នកទឹក Neak tuk
Lao: ມັງກອນນ້ຳ Mangkon nam
Macao: 白花水龍 - 水龍 - 過塘蛇
Malayalam: Nir-charambu
Malaysia: Tinggir bangau, Inai pasir
Manipuri: Ising kundo
Melayu: Buang buang
Nepali: जाडेलो - पाणि दार्यागण - पोक झारा Jadelo, Pani ḍryagana, Poke jhara
Oceania: Agidahano
Oria: Jagal
Russian: Людвигия восходящая
Sinhala: ජල මකර Jala makara
Sunda: Ganggeng landeuh
Taiwan: 白花水龍
Tamil: Nir ṭirakan
Telugu: Neeru bachhali, Neeti theegalu
Thai: แพงพวยน้ำ
Vietnam: Rồng nước

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