Monochoria hastata
Monochoria hastata
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
A plant of the moist tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 700 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 25 - 35°c, but can tolerate 16 - 38°c[1]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,500 - 2,000mm, but tolerates 1,000 - 4,000mm[1]. Grows best in a sunny position[1]. Succeeds in wet soil and in water, becoming a floating plant in deeper water[1]. Grows best in a fertile, heavy to medium-textured soil[1]. Prefers a pH in the range 5 - 6.5, tolerating 4 - 7[1]. The plant is a common weed of paddy fields[1].
Propagation
Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe[2]. Division. Cuttings. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Monochoria+hastata>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
- [2]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
- [3]Flora Malesiana Series 1 — Various · Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch · http://www.archive.org ↩︎A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet