Najas indica
Najas indica (Willd.) Cham.
Najas indica is an aquatic plant species in the Hydrocharitaceae family, commonly found in freshwater environments such as ponds and rice fields. It is characterized by its monoecious flowers and is distributed across several regions including India, Southeast Asia, and parts of Oceania.
Description
Najas indica, described in 1829, is a freshwater aquatic plant species that thrives in still or slow-moving waters. It belongs to the Hydrocharitaceae family and is known for having monoecious flowers. Its distribution spans the Australasian, Oriental (Indomalaya), and Palaearctic regions, including locations such as the Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China (South-Central and Southeast), India, Japan, Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, the Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, and the Philippines.
Distribution
Australasian · Oriental (Indomalaya) · Palaearctic · TW · FR · Global · Andaman Is. · Bangladesh · Cambodia · China South-Central · China Southeast · India · Japan · Jawa · Lesser Sunda Is. · Malaya · Myanmar · Nansei-shoto · New Guinea · Philippines · Sulawesi · Sumatera · Taiwan · Thailand · Vietnam · West Himalaya
Synonyms
Caulinia alternifoliaCaulinia foveolataCaulinia indicaFluvialis indicaNajas falciculataNajas foveolataNajas foveolata var. minorNajas kingiiNajas lacerataNajas lobataNajas palustrisNajas minor var. indicaNajas foveolata