EPPO Global Database

Nymphoides indica(NYPIN)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-04-17

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: NYPIN
  • Preferred name: Nymphoides indica
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Kuntze

Notes

Western Asia (Iraq, Iran), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malesia (except Philippines), China (including Taiwan), Japan, Korea. Cultivated as a floating aquatic ornamental


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Limnanthemum indicum (Linnaeus) Thwaites
Menyanthes indica Linnaeus
Nymphoides indica subsp. indica (Linnaeus) Kuntze
Nymphoides thunbergiana (Grisebach) Kuntze

Common names
Name Language
banana plant English
water gentian English
water snowflake English (AU)
indische Seekanne German
ninfoides Spanish
trébol de agua Spanish
coração-flutuante Portuguese (BR)
gaga-buta Japanese
ガガブタ Japanese
jīn yín lián huā Chinese
金银莲花 Chinese
어리연꽃 Korean
eo ri yeon kkot Korean