Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Pistia stratiotes
Scientific Name and Description
Pistia stratiotes L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Aquatic plant
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Apiospermum obcordatum (Schleid.) Klotzsch
Limnonesis commutata (Schleid.) Klotzsch
Limnonesis friedrichsthaliana Klotzsch
Pistia aegyptiaca Schleid.
Pistia aethiopica Fenzl ex Klotzsch
Pistia africana C.Presl
Pistia amazonica C.Presl
Pistia brasiliensis Klotzsch
Pistia commutata Schleid.
Pistia crispata Blume
Pistia cumingii Klotzsch
Pistia gardneri Klotzsch
Pistia horkeliana Miq.
Pistia leprieurii Blume
Pistia linguiformis Blume
Pistia minor Blume
Pistia natalensis Klotzsch
Pistia obcordata Schleid.
Pistia occidentalis Blume
Pistia schleideniana Klotzsch
Pistia spathulata Michx.
Pistia stratiotes var. cuneata Engl.
Pistia stratiotes var. linguiformis Engl.
Pistia stratiotes var. obcordata (Schleid.) Engl.
Pistia stratiotes var. spathulata (Michx.) Engl.
Pistia texensis Klotzsch
Pistia turpini Blume
Pistia turpinii K.Koch
Pistia weigeltiana C.Presl
Zala asiatica Lour.
Limnonesis commutata (Schleid.) Klotzsch
Limnonesis friedrichsthaliana Klotzsch
Pistia aegyptiaca Schleid.
Pistia aethiopica Fenzl ex Klotzsch
Pistia africana C.Presl
Pistia amazonica C.Presl
Pistia brasiliensis Klotzsch
Pistia commutata Schleid.
Pistia crispata Blume
Pistia cumingii Klotzsch
Pistia gardneri Klotzsch
Pistia horkeliana Miq.
Pistia leprieurii Blume
Pistia linguiformis Blume
Pistia minor Blume
Pistia natalensis Klotzsch
Pistia obcordata Schleid.
Pistia occidentalis Blume
Pistia schleideniana Klotzsch
Pistia spathulata Michx.
Pistia stratiotes var. cuneata Engl.
Pistia stratiotes var. linguiformis Engl.
Pistia stratiotes var. obcordata (Schleid.) Engl.
Pistia stratiotes var. spathulata (Michx.) Engl.
Pistia texensis Klotzsch
Pistia turpini Blume
Pistia turpinii K.Koch
Pistia weigeltiana C.Presl
Zala asiatica Lour.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common Names | water cabbage, water lettuce, Nile cabbage, shellflower, Gadjambang; Kambiang; Sarme-sarme; Tajapoe; Kapu-kapu; Kiambang |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Western
Phytochemicals
References
Literature
Literature
Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.
Citations
Herb citations
WFO (2024): Pistia stratiotes L. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000273956. Accessed on: 17 May 2024