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Species | Potential uses |
Existing uses by local people in the Ghodaghodi Lake area |
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Submerged | | |
Ceratophyllum demersum | Human medicine [38, 39]; fish food [40, 41]; green manure [41] | Fish food; duck food; green manure |
Hydrilla verticillata | Fish food [42] | Fish food; duck food; fodder; green manure |
Limnophila sessiliflora | N/A | NONE |
Potamogeton natans | N/A | NONE |
Potamogeton crispus | N/A | NONE |
Potamogeton pectinatus | N/A | NONE |
Utricularia flexuosa | N/A | Human medicine; green manure |
Utricularia stellaris | N/A | NONE |
Vallisneria spiralis | Fish food [42] | NONE |
Free-floating | | |
Azolla imbricata | Green manure [39, 43]; fodder [39]; duck food [39] | Fish food; duck food; green manure |
Hygroryza aristata | Fodder [41] | Food; fodder |
Lemna minor | N/A | Fish food; duck food; green manure |
Pistia stratiotes | Human medicine [38]; duck food [41, 43]; green manure [38, 43] | Human medicine; green manure |
Ricciocarpus natans | N/A | NONE |
Wolffia globosa | N/A | NONE |
Submerged rooted with floating leaves | | |
Caldesia parnassifolia | N/A | NONE |
Jussiaea repens | N/A | NONE |
Nymphaea nouchali | Food [41] | NONE |
Nelumbo nucifera | Human medicine [38]; food [41–43] | Human medicine; food; fodder |
Nymphoides cristatum | N/A | NONE |
Ottelia alismoides | Food [39] | NONE |
Potamogeton nodosus | Duck food [42] | NONE |
Trapa bispinosa | Human medicine [44] | Human medicine; food |
Emergent | | |
Alisma plantago-aquatica | N/A | NONE |
Cassia sophera | Human medicine [45] | NONE |
Centella asiatica | Human medicine [40, 46–49]; veterinary medicine [32] | Human medicine; food |
Cyperus diffuses | Fodder [42] | NONE |
Cyperus rotundus | Human medicine [14, 49] | Human medicine; fodder |
Eclipta prostrata | Human medicine [14, 42, 49]; food [38] | Human medicine; fodder |
Equisetum debile | Human medicine [39] | Human medicine; green manure |
Fimbristylis dichotoma | Fodder [43] | NONE |
Hygrophila auriculata | Human medicine [43, 50]; food [41] | Human medicine |
Ipomea fistulosa | N/A | NONE |
Ipomea aquatica | Human medicine [43, 51]; food [38, 41, 42] | Human medicine; fish food; duck food; food |
Limnophila indica | Human medicine [39] | NONE |
Ludwigia octovalvis | Human medicine [38, 39] | NONE |
Monochoria vaginalis | Human medicine [39, 43] | Food |
Phragmites karka | Human medicine [38]; fodder [39]; industrial [41] | Fodder; industrial use |
Polygonum barbatum | Food [41] | NONE |
Ranunculus sceleratus | Human medicine [43, 52] | Human medicine |
Rumex dentatus | Human medicine [53]; food [43]; green manure [43] | Food; green manure |
Saccharum spontaneum | Human medicine [54]; fodder [41, 43]; industrial [39, 41] | Fodder; industrial |
Sonchus asper | Human medicine [55] | NONE |
Typha angustifolia | Food [42]; fodder [42]; industrial [39, 42] | NONE |
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