Limnophila indica

Botanical Description

Limnophila indica is an amphibious, perennial plant. It can vary from a slender, gregarious plant about 5cm tall when growing on the mud of river banks and rice fields, to a long, much-branched, submerged herb with up to 15cm of stem emerging from the water, when growing in the deeper water of pools[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description 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. , 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. This species has a broad distribution, from Sri Lanka and Pakistan east to Japan and south to Australasia, it is able to exploit anthropogenic habitats such as rice fields, occurring as an alien in Africa and North America. It is unlikely to be threatened with extinction in the short term. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].