Hydrocharitaceae
Nechamandra
Nechamandra alternifolia
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Nechamandra
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Common names
By language (8)
- arz
- نيشاماندرا التيرنيفوليا
- Chinese
- 虾子草, 虾子菜
- Croatian
- Nechamandra
- English
- Nechamandra
- Greek
- Νεχαμάνδρα
- Indonesian
- Nechamandra
- Portuguese
- Nechamandra
- Spanish
- Nechamandra
Synonyms
- Lagarosiphon alternifolia (Roxb. ex Wight) Druce
- Lagarosiphon alternifolius (Roxb.) Druce
- Lagarosiphon roxburghii (Planch.) Benth.
- Nechamandra roxburghii Planch.
- Vallisneria alternifolia Roxb. ex Wight
- Vallisneria alternifolia Roxb.
Photos
Photo: Ruppia2000, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ito Y, Barfod A, CC BY 4.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.