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Ipomoea aquatica, widely known as water spinach, is a semi- aquatic, tropical plant grown as a vegetable for its tender shoots. I. aquatica is generally believed to have been first domesticated in Southeast Asia. It is widely cultivated in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and South Asia. It grows abundantly near waterways and requires little to no care.
Aquatic ecosystem. An estuary mouth and marine coastal waters, part of an aquatic ecosystem. An aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem found in and around a body of water, in contrast to land-based terrestrial ecosystems. Aquatic ecosystems contain communities of organisms — aquatic life —that are dependent on each other and on their environment.
Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments ( saltwater or freshwater ). They are also referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes to distinguish them from algae and other microphytes. A macrophyte is a plant that grows in or near water and is either emergent, submergent, or floating.
Ipomoea ( / ˌɪpəˈmiː.ə, - oʊ -/) [ 3][ 4] is the largest genus in the plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 600 species. It is a large and diverse group, with common names including morning glory, water convolvulus or water spinach, sweet potato, bindweed, moonflower, etc. [ 5] The genus occurs throughout the tropical and subtropical ...
Aquatic (s) may also refer to: Aquatic animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. Aquatic ecosystem, environmental system located in a body of water. Aquatic plants, also called hydrophytic plants or hydrophytes, are plants that have adapted to living in or on aquatic environments. Aquatic ...
Leaves are exstipulate, alternate, simple palmately lobed or palmately compound. The flowers are unisexual, with male and female flowers on different plants or on the same plant . The female flowers have inferior ovaries. The fruit is often a kind of modified berry called a pepo. [7]: 2
M. aquatica. Binomial name. Mentha aquatica. L. Synonyms [ 2] List. Mentha aquatica ( water mint; syn. Mentha hirsuta Huds. [ 3]) is a perennial flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It grows in moist places and is native to much of Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. [ 3][ 4]
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