Latin name:
Ottelia alismoides

Chinese name:


Genus:
Ottelia

Family:
Hydrocharitaceae

Growth Habit:
Immersed herb

Duration:
Multiperenial

Distribution:
East Asia, Southeast Asia to Australia, Northeast Africa

Leaf:
Membranous, normally ovate or rounded, 5 to 20 cm in width; base almost rounded or cordate, petiole ranges from 8 to 50 cm, according to the depth of the water, with sheath.

Flowers:
Pedicle reaches 10 to 30 cm, contorted while fruiting; sepal elliptical to ovate,
2.5 to 4 cm in length, bilobed, usu. with
5 to 6 crispate longitudinal wings; bisexual flower, solitary, no pedicle; green sepal, lanceolate, 8 o 14 mm in length; white petal, obovate, 2 to 3 cm in length, with yellow macula at the base;
6 to 9 stamen, with pilogland on the filament, around 4 mm in length; almost elliptical ovary.

Fruits:
Oblong; 2 to 3 cm in length and 8 to
15 mm in width; with crispate wing, persistent sepal and style.

Blossom:
Summer and autumn

Comments:
Leaves and caulis could be employed for carbuncle and burn.