Hydrocharitaceae

Species code: Ea

Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle

Family: Hydrocharitaceae
Genus: Enhalus

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Species code: Ea: Growing to 1 m long or more, Enhalus_acoroides is the longest seagrass on Singapore's shores. This seagrass flowers quite regularly, producing large female flow — Photo: Ria Tan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (10)

Chinese: 海菖蒲, 海菖蒲属, 海菖蒲屬
Croatian: Enhalus
Dutch: Enhalus
English: Species code: Ea
Indonesian: Enhalus
Japanese: ウミショウブ
Persian: علف تسمه
Portuguese: Enhalus
Spanish: Enhalus
Thai: หญ้าชะเงา

Synonyms

Enhalus koenigii Rich.
Enhalus marinus Griff.
Stratiotes acoroides L.f.
Vallisneria sphaerocarpa Blanco

Characteristics

In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: native

Photos

Photo: Ria Tan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ria Tan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ria Tan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: gerardgiraud, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Christian Gloor from Wakatobi Dive Resort, Indonesia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.