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    ID: Unidentified floating plant

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    Hi all, i got this picture when i was touring Melaka last week. Anybody knows what's the name of this floating plant? Thanks.

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    At first glance, looks like the water chestnut, Trapa natans... But I think this is Ludwigia sedioides from the leave pattern...
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    Oic, thanks alot. Any idea where can it be bought?

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    very nice.. where u got it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anthen
    very nice.. where u got it?
    Teo's farm in Lim Chu Kang has plenty.

    Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anthen
    very nice.. where u got it?

    Huh? Huh? You must have misunderstood me. I meant to said that i took the picture in Melaka. I happened to see this when shopping around one of the antique shops there.

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    you should check out the roots of this awesome plant.. Bright green!
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    Just be careful. Trapa natans is a host to the human parasitic giant intestinal fluke.

    http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~schisto/O...an.flukes.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kev0055
    Just be careful. Trapa natans is a host to the human parasitic giant intestinal fluke.

    http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~schisto/O...an.flukes.html

    I don't eat it can already, rite?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kev0055
    Just be careful. Trapa natans is a host to the human parasitic giant intestinal fluke.

    http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~schisto/O...an.flukes.html
    "... Only the inner part of these plants are eaten, but infection of man occurs if the outer covering of the infected plant is peeled using the persons teeth..."

    I doubt the regular aquarists actually do that to their plants. Anyway, the plant above should be Ludwigia sedoides.

    More here, http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...light=Ludwigia

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    Got mine from Y618 last month

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