Hydrocharitaceae FAMILY
Enhalus acoroides
Enhalus acoroides
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitPerennial
Growth—
A plant of tropical coasts. Needs to be grown in shallow coastal waters.
Propagation
Seed - when ripe, the seeds fall off the plant. They are able to float in the sea water, but only for about 5 hours before they start to sink, thus they don't travel far[1]. The seed germinates almost immediately and the roots develop rapidly in order to anchor the young plant[1]. Like other seagrasses, this species spreads mostly by vegetative reproduction[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Enhalus+acoroides>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Online Guide to Chek Jawa — http://www.wildsingapore.com/chekjawa/index.html ↩︎Brief fact sheets on some of the plants growing in the Mangrove swamps and along the adjoining shore line.
- [2]Flora of China — Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. · 1994 · http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ ↩︎An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
- [3]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.