Fabaceae

Water mimosa

Neptunia oleracea Lour.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Neptunia

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Common names

By language (14)

arz: نيبتونيا اوليراسيا
Bangla: পানি লজ্জাবতী
bjn: Supan-supan
Chinese: 水含羞草
English: Water mimosa, Sensitive neptunia
Esperanto: Akvomimozo
French: Neptunie potagère
German: Wassermimose
Italian: Mimosa d'acqua
Japanese: ミズオジギソウ
Malay: Keman, Pokok Keman
mnw: ခမက် ၊တၞံ
Thai: กระเฉด, ผักรู้นอน
Vietnamese: Rau rút

Synonyms

Acacia lacustris Desf.
Aeschynomene herbacea Aubl.
Aeschynomene pumila L.
Desmanthus lacustris (Bonpl.) Willd.
Desmanthus natans Willd.
Desmanthus stolonifer DC.
Mimosa aquatica Pers.
Mimosa aquatica Humb. ex F.Dietr.
Mimosa lacustris Bonpl.
Mimosa natans Vahl
Mimosa stolonifera Perr. ex DC.
Neptunia natans W.Theob.
Neptunia stolonifera Guill. & Perr.

Photos

Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ito Y, Barfod A, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.