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Nymphoides macrosperma

Nymphoides macrosperma is a critically endangered annual aquatic herb in the Menyanthaceae family, known only from Alwaye in Kerala, India. It grows in paddy fields, lagoons and slow streams and is rarely grown in cultivation.

Family
Menyanthaceae (Menyanth family)
Grows as
Aquatic, Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the roots submerged in still or slow-moving water.
Soil
Muddy, nutrient-rich pond or paddy sediment.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions, roughly 20–32 °C; cold weather is not tolerated.
How easy
Hard
Native range
India
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Nymphoides macrospermum is a critically endangered aquatic plant of the family Menyanthaceae endemic to Alwaye in Kerala, India. It is an annual herb which has been observed in paddy fields, lagoons and slowly flowing streams. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.

Other Nymphoides plants

Big floatingheart · Nymphoides balakrishnanii · Little floatingheart · Wavy Marshwort · Entire Marshwort · Crested Floating Heart · Water snowflake · Nymphoides montana · Nymphoides parvifolia · Fringed Water-lily · Nymphoides sivarajanii · Nymphoides spinulosperma

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nymphoides macrospermum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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