Ottelia

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Read about Ottelia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Ottelia (from a name in Malabar). Hydrocharitaceae. Perhaps two dozen fresh-water herbs of the tropics and subtropics of both hemispheres, some of which may be useful as aquatics: Lvs. both submerged and floating; the latter with long petioles, the blades lanceolate, ovate or cordate: scape elongated, bearing a fl. in a winged spathe; calyx 3-lobed; petals 3, yellow or white, much longer than calyx-lobes; stamens 6-10 or more, bearing erect anthers: fr. 6-valved, inclosed in the spathe. O. alismoides, Pers. (Stratiotes alismoides, Linn.) is of wide distribution. Afr. to Austral.: perenennial, the Lvs. arising from the base on long 3-angled petioles; blades broadly cordate, or rounded, obtuse, 2-6 in. or even more long or broad, 7-11-nerved: fls. white, the petals broadly ovate and 1 in. long. B.M. 1201 (as Damasonium indicum). G.W. 14, p. 658.—The plants are said to be eaten as pot-herbs by natives. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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