Edible: Shoots, Leaves, Vegetable, Leaves - tea
A floating herb. It floats by means of white, air filled outgrowths. It grows 0.1-1 m tall. The stems are long, creeping and fleshy. They can lie along the ground or curve upwards. The stems can be 4 m long. They are rooted in the mud and they form roots at the nodes. The leaves are 3-5 cm long by 1.5-2.5 cm wide. They taper to the base and have a blunt tip. They are oblong and bright green. They are shiny and have a leafy structure at the base of the leaf stalk. The leaf stalk is long. The flowers occur in the axils of the upper leaves. The flowers are 1.8-2.5 cm across. They are creamy white with a yellow centre. The fruit is a capsule 1-2.5 cm long and shaped like a cylinder. It has 10 brown ribs. The seeds are pale brown and 1-1.5 mm long. They are embedded in dense corky tissue.
Common Names: Water primrose, Eseng kundo, Guo jiang long, Ishing-kundo, Jagal, Kamping puey, Kamping puyteuk, Kanabaw, Kesordam, Kesori ghah, Lay-hnyin-pan, Machali sag, Nal kimaro, Pang-poey-nam, Panikhutura, Phak phee phui, Rau dua, Thalijuria, Ye-hti-gayon
Synonyms:
Jussiaea adscendens L.;
Jussiaea repens L.;