Ebimo - Ebimo

Japanese: エビモ - えびも
Ebimo - Ebimo

A submerged perennial herb of the Potamogaceae family (APG classification: Potamogaceae). It grows 1-3 meters long and is pale yellow-green throughout. The rhizome is cylindrical, but the submerged stem is oblate, with a major axis of about 3 mm and a minor axis of about 1.3 mm. The leaves are alternate, linear-oblong, 3-5 cm long, 0.4-1 cm wide, and have three veins. The leaf base is sessile, obtuse or circular, and twisted up and down. Several nuts are borne on the inflorescence, and the nuts are broadly ovate with blunt serrations on the back. The name comes from the resemblance of the curved leaves to shrimp. In the past, it was used as green manure. It grows in colonies in the shallow waters of lakes, ponds, and rivers in lowlands and highlands, and is widely distributed throughout the world except South America. In addition to seeds and buds that appear in summer, the plant can survive the winter as is and reproduce rapidly in cold water and eutrophicated waters.

[Otaki Sueo October 19, 2018]

Ebimo
The edges of the leaves are wavy and have fine sawtooth. They grow in colonies in shallow waters such as lakes and rivers. © Underwater Fort Enterprise, Isamu Soyama ">

Ebimo


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ヒルムシロ科(APG分類:ヒルムシロ科)の沈水性多年草。草長1~3メートル、全草淡黄緑色。根茎は円柱形であるが、水中茎は扁円(へんえん)形で長径約3ミリメートル、短径約1.3ミリメートル。葉は互生し、線状長楕円(ちょうだえん)形で長さ3~5センチメートル、幅0.4~1センチメートル、葉脈は3本。葉の基部は無柄で鈍形または円形で、上下にねじれる。花序に数個結実するが、堅果は広卵形で背部に鈍い鋸歯(きょし)がある。名は、葉の屈曲した形がエビに似ることに由来する。昔は緑肥に利用した。低地や高地にある湖沼、溜池(ためいけ)および河川の浅水中に群生し、南アメリカを除く世界各地に広く分布する。種子や夏期につく殖芽のほか、そのままでも越冬し、冷水中や富栄養化した水域などでも大繁殖する。

[大滝末男 2018年10月19日]

エビモ
葉の縁は波打ち、細かい鋸歯がある。湖沼や河川などの浅水中に群生する©水中フォート・エンタープライズ 楚山いさむ">

エビモ


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