Ludwigia adscendens

Botanical Description

Ludwigia adscendens is a herbaceous perennial plant with both prostrate and ascending stems that root at the nodes. The erect stems are up to 60cm tall, whilst the prostrate stems, which float in water, can be 4 metres long[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. When growing on dry land, the plants have small, crowded leaves, are densely hairy and rarely produce flowers[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild as a local source of food and medicines.