Pontederiaceae

Heartshape false pickerelweed

Pontederia vaginalis Burm.f.

Family: Pontederiaceae
Genus: Pontederia

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Heartshape false pickerelweed: Monochoria vaginalis is a species of flowering plant in the Water hyacinth family known by several common names, including Heartleaf false pickerelweed and Oval — Photo: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (16)

ace: Cr'èt
Bangla: ছোটনখা | পানি কচু
Burmese: ကတောက်ဆပ်
Chinese: 鴨舌草, 鸭舌草, 鸭跖草
English: Heartshape false pickerelweed, Pickerel weed
Filipino: Gabing-uwak
Indonesian: Wewehan
Japanese: コナギ
Khmer: ផ្កាកំប្លោក
Korean: 물달개비
Malay: Pokok Eceng Padi
Malayalam: കരിങ്കൂവളം, Neelolpalam, നീലോല്പലം
pam: Bagawak
Persian: غلافی
Sundanese: Écéng
Thai: ผักเขียด

Synonyms

Gomphima vaginalis Raf.
Monochoria loureiroi Kunth
Monochoria pauciflora (Blume) Kunth
Monochoria vaginalis C.Presl
Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) C.Presl ex Kunth
Monochoria vaginalis var. pauciflora (Blume) Merr.
Monochoria vaginalis var. plantaginea (Roxb.) Solms
Pontederia alba Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Pontederia cordata Lour.
Pontederia lanceolata Wall. ex Kunth
Pontederia loureiroana Schult.f.
Pontederia ovata Hook. & Arn.
Pontederia pauciflora Blume
Pontederia racemosa Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Pontederia vaginata Royle

Photos

Photo: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ajeesh Lal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.