Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 243 1856. (syn. Alisma kotschyi Hochst.; Alisma obtusifolium (L.) Thwaites; Alisma sagittifolium Willd.; Alisma sagittifolium Thwaites; Caldesia sagittarioides Ostenf.; Dipseudochorion sagittifolium (Willd.) Buchenau; Dipseudochorion sagittifolium Buch.; Limnophyton obtusifolium var. lunatum ; Limnophyton parvifolium Peter; Sagittaria nymphaeifolia Hochst.; Sagittaria obtusifolia L.); . Trop. Old World as per WCSP; . Angola; Bangladesh; Benin; Botswana; Burkina; Burundi; Cameroon; Caprivi Strip; Central African Repu; Chad; Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; India; Jawa; Kenya; KwaZulu-Natal; Lesser Sunda Is.; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Northern Provinces; Pakistan; Senegal; Somalia; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Vietnam; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe as per Catalogue of Life; . lim-no-FY-ton — Greek: limnos (stagnant pool or swamp); phyton (plant) … Dave’s Botanary ob-too-sih-FOH-lee-um — blunt leaf … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: blunt arrowhead • Gujarati: નલકુટ nalkut • Malayalam: ചെളിതാമര chelithamara, ചുളിതാമര chulithamara, കുഴിതാമര kuzhithamara • Marathi: नळकूट nalkut • Tamil: கரந்தை karantai, குதிரைக்குளம்படி kutiraikkulampati, நீர்ச்சேம்பு nirccempu, நீர்க்குளிரி nirkkuliri • Telugu: గుర్రపు డెక్క చెట్టు gurrapu dekka chettu Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/10/limnophyton-obtusifolium-l-miq.html .
Hooghly today – Aquatic – Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq. : Attachments (9). 3 posts by 2 authors. nice shots…
ANDEC19 Caldesia sp./Sagittaria sp. for identification : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (9). Ramadevarabetta, Karnataka Sagittaria – species in eFIoraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available) The plant uploade seems to be Sagittaria trifolia To me it seems to be Sagittaria sagittifolia. …, please check the probability of Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq. I am confused between the two sir. How are Limnophyton obtusifolium and Sagittaria sagittifolia differentiated? Sagittaria sagittifolia L. is found in Europe and North Asia (as per FoP). Ours are S. trifolia L. (having no purple spot on petals). However, stamens are usually numerous in Sagittaria, about 20 (FoP) or 25 (Flora Indica) in S. s. or S. t. Your flowers have 6 stamens – so it cannot be S. sagittifolia. You may find the following KEY useful for preliminary check –
Thank you Very helpful! Thank you. I too agree that it is Limnophyton obtusifolium. A few links for you.. Thank you very much …, for the very useful links.
along KSH 34 between Malamba & Gundolli :: Sagittaria sagittifolia FOR VALIDATION :: DVFEB46/79 : 5 posts by 2 authors. along Karnataka State Highway No. 34 … between Malamba & Gundolli Date: 15 OCT 2011 … Altitude: about 640 m asl Sagittaria ¿ sagittifolia ? … (family: Alismataceae) Aquatic herb about 50 – 60 cm height; flower just about 10 mm across The flowers in this post are already faded. Seems to be Sagittaria sagittifolia. Stamens 6, not many, so Limnophyton obtusifolium. Another feature is flowering season, winter (rainy). Thank you very much … for this ID (Limnophyton obtusifolium).     
Sagittaria or Lymnophyton ? : 3 posts by 3 authors. 20 images. Presenting aquatic plant from roadside ditches of Surat, Gujarat Morning of 10 10 2019 Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq. ?? very nicely photographed and presented. appreciate the details. . I’d of an aquatic plant: 3 high res. images. Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq. Yes, as per images at Yes . Malayalam name of Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq.: also please check / validate this name found in A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert കുഴിത്താ താമര kuzhithaa thaamara In Malayalam, chuli ചുളി or chulivu means wrinkles, but I doesn’t observe any kind of wrinkled charector related to the plant, and the plant is growing in fresh water or swampy habitat, simply neglected area filled with water. As growing in this habitat, it is named in Malayalam as chelithamara ചെളിതാമര, cheli means mud with or without water, താമര thamara means lotus (truly it is not a lotus, but having lotus type characters) and wrongly named as ‘chuli’. If anywhere described that the plant has wrinkles, we can accept the name chulithamara ചുളിതാമര. And the name ‘ചുഴി chuzhi’ means whirl. Another name kuzhithamara കുഴിതാമര (കുഴി means pit) is correct. Many many thanks for this elaborate clarification. To avoid any ambiguity, we will avoid the name ചുളിതാമര chulithamara, unless someone validates it to be appropriate. For now, let us use the following names: ചെളിതാമര chelithamara കുഴിതാമര kuzhithamara The malayalam word ചുളിതാമര can also be used as the fruit of the same has some wrinkles or reticulations and the petioles are slightly ridged add twisted in nature Many many thanks … for clarification and validation of this name ചുളിതാമര chulithamara. Will update my notes shortly. . Names of Plants in India :: Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq.: lim-no-FY-ton — Greek: limnos (stagnant pool or swamp); phyton (plant) … Dave’s Botanary ob-too-sih-FOH-lee-um — blunt leaf … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: blunt arrowhead • Gujarati: નલકુટ nalkut • Malayalam: ചെളിതാമര chelithamara, കുഴിതാമര kuzhithamara • Marathi: नळकूट nalkut • Tamil: கரந்தை karantai, குதிரைக்குளம்படி kutiraikkulampati, நீர்ச்சேம்பு nirccempu, நீர்க்குளிரி nirkkuliri • Telugu: గుర్రపు డెక్క చెట్టు gurrapu dekka chettu botanical names: Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.) Miq. … homotypic synonyms: Alisma obtusifolium (L.) Thwaites • Sagittaria obtusifolia L. … heterotypic synonyms: Alisma sagittifolium Willd. … and more at POWO, retrieved 16 October 2025 Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about “where” could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India blunt arrowhead
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~ written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) … spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu નલકુટ nalkut
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~ written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep ചെളിതാമര chelithamara
കുഴിതാമര kuzhithamara
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~ written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka नळकूट nalkut
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~ written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands கரந்தை karantai, குதிரைக்குளம்படி kutiraikkulampati
நீர்ச்சேம்பு nirccempu
நீர்க்குளிரி nirkkuliri
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~ written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) … spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry గుర్రపు డెక్క చెట్టు gurrapu dekka chettu
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ *Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, *Jharkhand, *Karnataka, Kerala, *Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, *Odisha, *Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, *West Bengal
* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ Created on: 15:07 16-10-2025 ¦ Last updated: 11:16 18-10-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/10/limnophyton-obtusifolium-l-miq.html both Malayalam and English names are correct Malayalam name added … commonly known as: blunt arrowhead • Gujarati: નલકુટ nalkut • Malayalam: ചെളിതാമര chelithamara, ചുളിതാമര chulithamara, കുഴിതാമര kuzhithamara • Marathi: नळकूट nalkut • Tamil: கரந்தை karantai, குதிரைக்குளம்படி kutiraikkulampati, நீர்ச்சேம்பு nirccempu, நீர்க்குளிரி nirkkuliri • Telugu: గుర్రపు డెక్క చెట్టు gurrapu dekka chettu Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/10/limnophyton-obtusifolium-l-miq.html
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Limnophyton obtusifolium
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