Sir, As i see today's "SYMBIOSIS : 224" post, by Bimal Da<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/yRjTYMH2wy0%5B1-25%5D>, i remember i have recorded a similar plant just the day before yesterday. Is my plant a *M. vaginalis* or a *M. hastata* (L.) Solms. or some other?
Species : *Monochoria hastata* (L.) Solms. ??? Bengali name : KOTOPANA (কোতপানা ) Habit & Habitat : wild herb in a paddyfield (flooded lowland), 2 feet to 3 feet tall Date : 10/8/12 @ 10.20 A.M. Place : Gobra (Hooghly) Links used : 1. http://idao.cirad.fr/content/oscar/especes/m/moova/moova.html 2. http://idao.cirad.fr/content/oscar/especes/m/moova/moova_bn.html 3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=121033#KEY-1-2 4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027395 5. http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Arrow%20Leaf%20Pondweed.html Regards, surajit --
