Hist. Pandey, R.P. Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. MacKee, H.S. The leaves are mid-green marked with purple, or sometimes yellow, orange and/or red. Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). (eds.) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Follow. Orchard, A.E. Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Vietnam, The plant grows wild, but is also cultivated for food, herbal medicines, as an ornamental plant (red variety, as a hedging plant), in the aquarium trade (though it only grows submersed for short periods), and as poultry feed. A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. Mauritius, Maluku, A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 1: 1-508. Turner, I.M. (1991). Flora Zambesiaca This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Same citation as & Fragman- Sapir, O. Arkansas, is an accepted name This name is the accepted … Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1: 115 (1950). Guinea, Mexico Northeast, Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). (2008). 1988, Amaranthaceae, C.C. 77 (1813). 1: 225 (1753). Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela. Flora of West Pakistan 1-131. Contributions à la conaissance de la végétation et de la flore de Wallis et Futuna Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. Singh, M. & Ali, S.J. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Alternanthera sessilis is an aquatic plant known by several common names, including Matikaduri (মাতিকাদুৰী) in Assamese, ponnanganni (in Tamil), ponnaganti aaku (in Telugu), honnagone (in Kannada), mukunuwenna (in Sinhala), sessile joyweed and dwarf copperleaf. Oceanic islands 2 Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (2008). Palestine, (1995). Solomon Is., Zambia, Alternanthera sessilis forma spathulifolia Alternanthera sessilis (Linnaeus) R. Brown ex de Candolle, forma spathulifolia Kuntze, Revis. Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. Alternanthera sessilis: Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R. Br. The plants are shredded finely and stir fried with grated coconut and spices to make what is known as "Mukunuwenna mellum". Nat. Meaning_of_the_name: Alternanthera - alterno means alternate, anthera means flowers; sessilis: without a stalk (probably referring to the inflorescences) Global_description: Alternanthera sessilis is a many-branched, perennial, sometimes annual, herb. The dark, corky fruits often float in great quantities on the water. Flora da Bahia: Amaranthaceae - Amaranthoideae e Gomphrenoideae Sitientibus Sérrie Ciências Biológicas 10: 3-73. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. Central African Repu, List of various diseases cured by Alternanthera Sessilis. & Long, D.G. (1984). Aellen, P. (1972). © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. MIM, Deurne. Sikarwar, R.L.S. Alternanthera sessilis is used in local medicine in Taiwan, along with other medicinal plants, to treat hepatitis, tight chest, bronchitis, asthma and other lung troubles. Kenya, Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do. Dominican Republic, Alternanthera sessilis is a weed that inhabits many areas of the world. 2, 1: 1-828. Gilg in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 174 (1895). Laos, Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. This species is classified as a weed in parts of the southern States of the USA. It has been introduced to the southern United States, and its origins in Central and South America are uncertain. Grierson, A.J.C. Hauman in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 2: 73 (1951). Chad, Mexico Southeast, Alternanthera denticulata var. As its flowers look like the eyes of a fish, Alternanthera sessilis is called Matsyakshi, fisheyed. [2] in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, the leaves, flowers and tender stems are consumed as vegetables. It is a weed of rice throughout tropical lands, and of other cereal crops, sugarcane, and bananas. 2015. Boah, H. et al., (2011), In-vitro antioxident and free radical scavenging activity of Alternanthera sessilis, International J Pharmaceutical Science and Research, 2(6), 1502-1506. Zaïre, Horti Monsp. A.D.Q. Tanzania, (Alternanthera sessilis- Fact Sheet, 2014) It has noxious, prohibited, or quarantine weed status in AL, AR, CA, FL, MA, MN, NC, OR, SC and VT. Taiwan, The present work of biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using Alternanthera sessilis appears to be cost effective, eco-friendly, and an alternative to conventional method of synthesis. Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/. (2004) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0, Herbarium Catalogue Specimens National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is used as a vegetable specially in Sri Lanka and some Asian countries. Alternanthera sessilis is a very common plant of constant or periodically humid, open localities in roadsides, gardens, ditches, swamps, ricefields and tea plantations, on many types of soil, at up to 1800 m altitude. Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC. Louisiana, Uses, Benefits, Cures, Side Effects, Nutrients in Alternanthera Sessilis. Flore illustrée du Sénégal 1: 1-626. French Guiana, SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Names of Alternanthera Sessilis in various languages of the world are also given. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. II, 1987 Gomphrena sessilis L., Sp. (2011). Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. Floristic diversity of Ferrargunj forest area in South Andaman Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 33: 747-768. Dassanayake (ed.) ex DC. (eds.) Tan, K.H., K.H. A study on aquatic Angiosperms of district Mau (East U.P.) 1891, non Kuntze 1891. (eds.) Gulf of Guinea Is., Cameroon, (1977). (1971). (eds.) IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris. Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. Vegetables. F. W. Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo) Taxonomania 30: 1-307. The leaves are elliptic to obovate, or essentially arrow-shaped and up to 2.5 cm long. Description. Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. Alternanthera sessilis L. is a leafy vegetable used widely for its medicinal properties. (2008). Algeria, (1993). Please enter the date on which you consulted the system. & al. Cape Provinces, The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Alternanthera angustifolia var. Flora Zambesiaca 9:1. Flora of Iraq 5(1): 1-284. Saudi Arabia, & Datt, B. Ivory Coast, 0. Geographical Distributions. (1994). Amaranthaceae, C. C. Townsend. Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. (2018). Paraguay, ORSTROM, Bangui. Kumar, S. (2012). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. Horti Monsp. (2012). (eds.) Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/ Tuvalu, National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. Meena, S.L. Jawa, Flowers in sessile spikes, bract and bracteoles shiny white, 0.7-1.5 mm long, glabrous; sepals equal, 2.5–3 mm long, outer ones 1-nerved or indistinctly 3-nerved toward base; stamens 5, 2 sterile. Hawaii, Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ (1994). 4, 77. Velayos, M., Barberá, P., Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Fero, M. & Aedo, C. (2014). & Hassall, D.C. (1994). Nelson Sutherland, C.H. Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. Yemen, Alabama, p. 75 (1953). Ghana, ex DC. Dobignard, A. Colombia, PROTA Foundation, Wageningen; Backhuys, Leiden; CTA, Wageningen. Flora of Tropical East Africa, Amaranthaceae: 1-136. & Hewson, H.J. Mus. Alternanthera sessilis is a perennial but sometimes annual herb that can grow up to 1 m tall. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá: 1-599. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. (eds.). The Flora of Nauru Atoll Research Bulletin 392: 1-223. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. Zettler and Freeman (1972) in their discussion on the biocontrol of aquatic plants, state that in India, Alternanthera sessilis a near relative of alligator weed, is affected by the fungial species Corticium solani, Colletotrichum capsici, Glomerella cingulata, Phoma spp., and Albugo bliti. Wallis-Futuna Is., Balkrishna, A. Tuamotu, Lebrun, J.p., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alternanthera_sessilis&oldid=991893188, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2020, Taxonbars with automatically added basionyms, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 2 December 2020, at 10:25. (2006). Title Global Invasive Species Database Publication Author Website (2009). (2003). Cape Verde, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo. Alternanthera sessilis is an aquatic plant known by several common names, including Matikaduri (মাতিকাদুৰী) in Assamese, ponnanganni (in Tamil), ponnaganti aaku (in Telugu), honnagone (in Kannada), mukunuwenna (in Sinhala), sessile joyweed and dwarf copperleaf. Georgia, How Alternanthera Sessilis is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. Vegetation and flora of Nui Atoll, Tuvalu Atoll Research Bulletin 283: 1-18. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Samoa, Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. Mali, http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co, Andaman Is., Alternanthera sessilis … Featured: Lysimachia arvensis KwaZulu-Natal, 2: 540. (1997). … Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/. From Solankur, Radhanagari, Kolhapur. (sessile joyweed) (sessile joyweed) Image Gallery Checklist of the vascular plants of Annobón (Equatorial Guinea) Phytotaxa 171: 1-78. Alternanthera sessilis Lem. On 27/04/2009 Common plant of wet places in allover district. Thaman, R.R., Fosberg, F.R., Manner, H.I. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. kaliko; Bayam; References. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Message The user has shared this species from WIKTROP Portal v2.0 with you. (eds.) (2003). 2: 1-238. sessile joyweed. Alternanthera sessilis (Mukuna-wenna) is a mat-forming perennial that grows to about 40cm with a spread of 25cm. Fiji, Alternanthera sessilis L. is a leafy vegetable used widely for its medicinal properties. A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. – rabbit-meat, sessile joyweed; Alternanthera tenella Colla; Alternanthera versicolor R.Br. (1995). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. 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