Balsaminaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Hydrocera triflora

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hydrocera triflora is an erect, many-branched, semi-aquatic, herbaceous perennial plant that can grow up to 1 metre tall[ 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 dye. The species has a fairly wide distribution in wet topical and subtropical regions of the old world without any known major widespread threats. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatLocally common in ditches, pools, rice fields and marshy places, usually in the lowland[ 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. ]. Still or stagnant water in pools, lakes, rice fields, marshy places and ditches with the lower parts of the stem submerged[ 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. ].