Edible: Fronds, Leaves, Vegetable
A small fern. It grows in water or damp locations. It has creeping rhizomes. The fronds float. It has four leaflets. These are rounded or delta shaped and 1-2.5 cm long and wide. They are at the top of a slender leaf stalk. It only forms spore bodies in water.
A tropical plant. It grows in swamps and stagnant pools. It is rare in Swaziland. In Bangladesh it grows in ditches and rice paddies. It grows in wetlands. In southern China it grows in rice fields and in ditches between 100-1,400 m above sea level.
Common Names: Water clover, Clover fern, Araikeerai, Chabarchilu, Chatom ara, Chick-lintakura, Chilo, Chitigina soppu, Dhel manimuni, Godhi, Guersel, Ishing-yensang, Kundo arxa, Mudugotamara, Paflu, Pani tengesi, Reu-reua, Sunsunia, Sun-suniya, Sushni, Susni, Susnishak, Tengesi, Tripattra, Zarzuri
Synonyms:
Marsilea aegyptiaca Wall.;
Marsilea diffusa var. approximata A. Braun;
Marsilea perrieriana C. Chr.;