Language	Common/alternative name
English	buffalo spinach
English	water cress
English	water spinach
Assamese	হেলচী
Bengali	হেলেঞ্চা
Burmese	ကနဖော့
Oriya	ହିଳମୋଚା
Vietnamese	cúc nước
Vietnamese	ngổ cộng
Vietnamese	rau ngổ đắng
Vietnamese	rau ngổ trâu
Vietnamese	ngổ trâu
Chinese	沼菊

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Africa click to expand
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia
  - Sudan
- South Tropical Africa
  - Mozambique
  - Zambia
  - Zimbabwe
- Southern Africa
  - Kwazulu-Natal
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin
  - Burkina
  - Ghana
  - Ivory Coast
  - Nigeria
  - Senegal
- West-central Tropical Africa
  - Congo
  - Gabon
  - Gulf Of Guinea Islands
  - Zaïre

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- China
  - China South-central
  - Hainan

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- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam
  - Bangladesh
  - East Himalaya
  - West Himalaya
- Indo-China
  - Cambodia
  - Laos
  - Myanmar
  - Thailand
  - Vietnam
- Malesia
  - Jawa
  - Malaya
  - Philippines

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- Australia
  - New South Wales
  - Northern Territory
  - Queensland

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- Mexico
  - Mexico Southeast

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- Brazil
  - Brazil South
- Southern South America
  - Paraguay
  - Uruguay
- Western South America
  - Bolivia
  - Colombia
  - Ecuador
  - Peru

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000009302
Florida Plant Atlas	4075
USDA Plants	ENFL
Tropicos	2720142
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:203207-1
The Plant List	gcc-109012
Open Tree Of Life	7606998
NCBI Taxonomy	2782249
IUCN Red List	168994
IPNI	203207-1
iNaturalist	191886
GBIF	5402447
EPPO	ENYFL

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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An ethnobotanical survey on phytomedicines based on traditional knowledge in the Barpeta district, Assam, India

Bhattacharjya DK, Akhtar J, Deka P, Bharadwaj A

J Ayurveda Integr Med

19-Jul-2023

PMCID:	PMC10371788
doi:	10.1016/j.jaim.2023.100763
PMID:	37478633

Growth of water hyacinth biomass and its impact on the floristic composition of aquatic plants in a wetland ecosystem of the Brahmaputra floodplain of Assam, India

Lahon D, Sahariah D, Debnath J, Nath N, Meraj G, Farooq M, Kanga S, Singh SK, Chand K

PeerJ

03-Feb-2023

PMCID:	PMC9901310
doi:	10.7717/peerj.14811
PMID:	36755867

In-vitro anti-bacterial activity of medicinal plants against Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) causing bacteria along with their synergistic effects with commercially available antibiotics

Acharjee M, Zerin N, Ishma T, Mahmud MR

New Microbes New Infect

24-Dec-2022

PMCID:	PMC9823205
doi:	10.1016/j.nmni.2022.101076
PMID:	36624873

Inventorization and Consensus Analysis of Ethnoveterinary Medicinal Knowledge Among the Local People in Eastern India: Perception, Cultural Significance, and Resilience

Mandal SK, Rahaman CH

Front Pharmacol

29-Apr-2022

PMCID:	PMC9099233
doi:	10.3389/fphar.2022.861577
PMID:	35571138

In Silico Approaches to Identify Polyphenol Compounds as α-Glucosidase and α-Amylase Inhibitors against Type-II Diabetes

Riyaphan J, Pham DC, Leong MK, Weng CF

Biomolecules

14-Dec-2021

PMCID:	PMC8699780
doi:	10.3390/biom11121877
PMID:	34944521

Status and consolidated list of threatened medicinal plants of India

Gowthami R, Sharma N, Pandey R, Agrawal A

Genet Resour Crop Evol

25-May-2021

PMCID:	PMC8148398
doi:	10.1007/s10722-021-01199-0
PMID:	34054223

Phytochemical Profiling of Lavandula coronopifolia Poir. Aerial Parts Extract and Its Larvicidal, Antibacterial, and Antibiofilm Activity Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Emam M, Abdel-Haleem DR, Salem MM, Abdel-Hafez LJ, Latif RR, Farag SM, Sobeh M, El Raey MA

Molecules

19-Mar-2021

PMCID:	PMC8003439
doi:	10.3390/molecules26061710
PMID:	33808553

Coupling the high-resolution LC–MS characterisation of the phenolic compounds with the antimicrobial and antibiofilm properties of helencha (Enydra fluctuans Lour.)

Koley TK, Khan Z, Oulkar D, Banerjee T, Singh A, Karkute SG, Banerjee K

J Food Sci Technol

17-Jan-2021

PMCID:	PMC8479048
doi:	10.1007/s13197-021-04968-y
PMID:	34629540

The secret of health in daily cuisine: typical healthy vegetables in local markets in central Myanmar

Zhang Y, Li JW, San MM, Whitney CW, San TT, Yang XF, Mon AM, Hein PP

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

25-Nov-2020

PMCID:	PMC7687731
doi:	10.1186/s13002-020-00425-w
PMID:	33239085

Zebrafish as a Successful Animal Model for Screening Toxicity of Medicinal Plants

Modarresi Chahardehi A, Arsad H, Lim V

Plants (Basel)

12-Oct-2020

PMCID:	PMC7601530
doi:	10.3390/plants9101345
PMID:	33053800

Acute Toxicity of Leaf Extracts of Enydra fluctuans Lour in Zebrafish (Danio rerio Hamilton)

Xavier J, Kripasana K

Scientifica (Cairo)

11-Apr-2020

PMCID:	PMC7196966
doi:	10.1155/2020/3965376
PMID:	32377442

TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN TRIBES OF TRIPURA IN NORTHEAST, INDIA

Debbarma M, Pala NA, Kumar M, Bussmann RW

Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med

05-Jun-2017

PMCID:	PMC5471463
doi:	10.21010/ajtcam.v14i4.19
PMID:	28638879

Ethnomedicinal survey of various communities residing in Garo Hills of Durgapur, Bangladesh

Khan MA, Islam MK, Siraj MA, Saha S, Barman AK, Awang K, Rahman MM, Shilpi JA, Jahan R, Islam E, Rahmatullah M

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

30-May-2015

PMCID:	PMC4488057
doi:	10.1186/s13002-015-0033-3
PMID:	26025456

Water Hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms-Laubach Dynamics and Succession in the Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria (East Africa): Implications for Water Quality and Biodiversity Conservation

Gichuki J, Omondi R, Boera P, Okorut T, Matano AS, Jembe T, Ofulla A

ScientificWorldJournal

19-Apr-2012

PMCID:	PMC3349089
doi:	10.1100/2012/106429
PMID:	22619574

Dihydroperillaldehydes fromEnhydra fluctuans Lour. essential oil

Alain Muselli, Ange Bighelli, Tran Minh Hoi, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Tran Huy Thai, Joseph Casanova

Wiley

27-Jan-2005

doi:	10.1002/1099-1026(200009/10)15:5<299::AID-FFJ911>3.0.CO;2-I

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty alcohols
1-Octen-3-OL	18827	Click to see CCCCCC(C=C)O	128.21	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200009/10)15:5<299::AID-FFJ911>3.0.CO;2-I
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Acyclic monoterpenoids
beta-OCIMENE, (3E)-	5281553	Click to see CC(=CCC=C(C)C=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200009/10)15:5<299::AID-FFJ911>3.0.CO;2-I
Myrcene	31253	Click to see CC(=CCCC(=C)C=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200009/10)15:5<299::AID-FFJ911>3.0.CO;2-I
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Bicyclic monoterpenoids
alpha-PINENE	6654	Click to see CC1=CCC2CC1C2(C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200009/10)15:5<299::AID-FFJ911>3.0.CO;2-I
Camphor	2537	Click to see CC1(C2CCC1(C(=O)C2)C)C	152.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200009/10)15:5<299::AID-FFJ911>3.0.CO;2-I
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Menthane monoterpenoids
Limonene, (+/-)-	22311	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200009/10)15:5<299::AID-FFJ911>3.0.CO;2-I
Perillaldehyde	16441	Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC(=CC1)C=O	150.22	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200009/10)15:5<299::AID-FFJ911>3.0.CO;2-I
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
Vulgarone B	530428	Click to see CC1=CC(=O)C2C3C1C2(CCCC3(C)C)C	218.33	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1099-1026(200009/10)15:5<299::AID-FFJ911>3.0.CO;2-I
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene lactones / Sesquiterpene lactones / Germacranolides and derivatives
Enhydrin	5281441	Click to see CC1C(O1)(C)C(=O)OC2C3C(C4C(O4)(CCC=C(C2OC(=O)C)C(=O)OC)C)OC(=O)C3=C	464.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(94)00705-X https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(94)00705-X
Fluctuanin	134692058	Click to see CC=C(C)C(=O)OC1C2C(C3C(O3)(CCC=C(C1OC(=O)C)C(=O)OC)C)OC(=O)C2=C	448.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(94)00705-X
methyl (1S,2R,4R,7E,9S,10S,11R)-9-acetyloxy-4-methyl-12-methylidene-10-(2-methylprop-2-enoyloxy)-13-oxo-3,14-dioxatricyclo[9.3.0.02,4]tetradec-7-ene-8-carboxylate	101915963	Click to see CC(=C)C(=O)OC1C2C(C3C(O3)(CCC=C(C1OC(=O)C)C(=O)OC)C)OC(=O)C2=C	434.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(94)00705-X
methyl (3aS,4S,5S,6E,10E,11aR)-5-acetyloxy-10-methyl-3-methylidene-4-(2-methylprop-2-enoyloxy)-2-oxo-3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydrocyclodeca[b]furan-6-carboxylate	162973479	Click to see CC1=CC2C(C(C(C(=CCC1)C(=O)OC)OC(=O)C)OC(=O)C(=C)C)C(=C)C(=O)O2	418.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00500-8
methyl (3aS,4S,5S,6E,10E,11aR)-5-acetyloxy-4-[(2S)-2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylpropanoyl]oxy-10-methyl-3-methylidene-2-oxo-3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydrocyclodeca[b]furan-6-carboxylate	162927698	Click to see CC1=CC2C(C(C(C(=CCC1)C(=O)OC)OC(=O)C)OC(=O)C(C)(CO)O)C(=C)C(=O)O2	452.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00500-8
methyl (3aS,4S,5S,6E,10E,11aR)-5-acetyloxy-4-[(E)-4-hydroxy-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxy-10-methyl-3-methylidene-2-oxo-3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydrocyclodeca[b]furan-6-carboxylate	22297496	Click to see CC1=CC2C(C(C(C(=CCC1)C(=O)OC)OC(=O)C)OC(=O)C(=CCO)C)C(=C)C(=O)O2	448.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00500-8
methyl (3aS,4S,5S,6E,10E,11aR)-5-acetyloxy-4-[2-(hydroxymethyl)prop-2-enoyloxy]-10-methyl-3-methylidene-2-oxo-3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydrocyclodeca[b]furan-6-carboxylate	102145740	Click to see CC1=CC2C(C(C(C(=CCC1)C(=O)OC)OC(=O)C)OC(=O)C(=C)CO)C(=C)C(=O)O2	434.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00500-8
methyl (3aS,4S,5S,6E,10E,11aR)-5-hydroxy-10-methyl-3-methylidene-4-(2-methylprop-2-enoyloxy)-2-oxo-3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydrocyclodeca[b]furan-6-carboxylate	163007925	Click to see CC1=CC2C(C(C(C(=CCC1)C(=O)OC)O)OC(=O)C(=C)C)C(=C)C(=O)O2	376.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00500-8
methyl (3aS,4S,5S,6E,10E,11aR)-5-hydroxy-10-methyl-4-[(E)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxy-3-methylidene-2-oxo-3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydrocyclodeca[b]furan-6-carboxylate	163027469	Click to see CC=C(C)C(=O)OC1C2C(C=C(CCC=C(C1O)C(=O)OC)C)OC(=O)C2=C	390.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00500-8
methyl (3aS,4S,5S,6E,10Z,11aR)-5-acetyloxy-4-[(2S,3S)-2,3-dimethyloxirane-2-carbonyl]oxy-10-methyl-3-methylidene-2-oxo-3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydrocyclodeca[b]furan-6-carboxylate	138404361	Click to see CC1C(O1)(C)C(=O)OC2C3C(C=C(CCC=C(C2OC(=O)C)C(=O)OC)C)OC(=O)C3=C	448.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00500-8
Methyl 5-acetyloxy-10-methyl-3-methylidene-4-(2-methylprop-2-enoyloxy)-2-oxo-3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydrocyclodeca[b]furan-6-carboxylate	162973478	Click to see CC1=CC2C(C(C(C(=CCC1)C(=O)OC)OC(=O)C)OC(=O)C(=C)C)C(=C)C(=O)O2	418.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00500-8
Methyl 5-acetyloxy-4-(2,3-dihydroxy-2-methylpropanoyl)oxy-10-methyl-3-methylidene-2-oxo-3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydrocyclodeca[b]furan-6-carboxylate	162927696	Click to see CC1=CC2C(C(C(C(=CCC1)C(=O)OC)OC(=O)C)OC(=O)C(C)(CO)O)C(=C)C(=O)O2	452.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00500-8
Methyl 5-acetyloxy-4-(2,3-dimethyloxirane-2-carbonyl)oxy-10-methyl-3-methylidene-2-oxo-3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydrocyclodeca[b]furan-6-carboxylate	74155557	Click to see CC1C(O1)(C)C(=O)OC2C3C(C=C(CCC=C(C2OC(=O)C)C(=O)OC)C)OC(=O)C3=C	448.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00500-8
Methyl 5-acetyloxy-4-(4-hydroxy-2-methylbut-2-enoyl)oxy-10-methyl-3-methylidene-2-oxo-3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydrocyclodeca[b]furan-6-carboxylate	636976	Click to see CC1=CC2C(C(C(C(=CCC1)C(=O)OC)OC(=O)C)OC(=O)C(=CCO)C)C(=C)C(=O)O2	448.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00500-8
Methyl 5-acetyloxy-4-[2-(hydroxymethyl)prop-2-enoyloxy]-10-methyl-3-methylidene-2-oxo-3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydrocyclodeca[b]furan-6-carboxylate	163015417	Click to see CC1=CC2C(C(C(C(=CCC1)C(=O)OC)OC(=O)C)OC(=O)C(=C)CO)C(=C)C(=O)O2	434.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00500-8
Methyl 5-hydroxy-10-methyl-3-methylidene-4-(2-methylprop-2-enoyloxy)-2-oxo-3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydrocyclodeca[b]furan-6-carboxylate	163007924	Click to see CC1=CC2C(C(C(C(=CCC1)C(=O)OC)O)OC(=O)C(=C)C)C(=C)C(=O)O2	376.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00500-8
Methyl 5-hydroxy-10-methyl-4-(2-methylbut-2-enoyloxy)-3-methylidene-2-oxo-3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydrocyclodeca[b]furan-6-carboxylate	71440095	Click to see CC=C(C)C(=O)OC1C2C(C=C(CCC=C(C1O)C(=O)OC)C)OC(=O)C2=C	390.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00500-8
Uvedalin	73353398	Click to see CC1C(O1)(C)C(=O)OC2C3C(C=C(CCC=C(C2OC(=O)C)C(=O)OC)C)OC(=O)C3=C	448.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00500-8

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Enydra fluctuans

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