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Hydroleaceae

Ceylon hydrolea

Hydrolea zeylanica (L.) Vahl

Family
Hydroleaceae
Genus
Hydrolea

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Ceylon hydrolea: Hydrophyllaceae (waterleaf family) » Hydrolea zeylanica hy-DRO-lee-uh -- from the Greek hydro (water) and eleia (olive) zey-LAN-ee-kuh -- of or from Ceylon (Sri
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)
Bangla
কাসরা
Chinese
探芹草, 假芹菜, 田基麻, 鄂西天胡荽
English
Ceylon hydrolea
Malayalam
ജലനീലി
Thai
ปอผี

Synonyms

  • Beloanthera oppositifolia Hassk.
  • Hydrolea arayatensis Blanco
  • Hydrolea ceilonica F.Muell.
  • Hydrolea inermis Lour.
  • Hydrolea javanica Blume
  • Hydrolea zeylanica var. ciliata Choisy
  • Hydrolea zeylanica var. glabra Brand
  • Nama erecta Roxb.
  • Nama zeylanica L.
  • Steris aquatica Burm.f.
  • Steris javana L.
  • Steris javanica L.

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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). About our plant data.