- Family:
- Pontederiaceae Kunth
- Genus:
- Pontederia L.
Pontederia azurea Sw.

[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- balata, batata, bora, buchón, cebolleta, chupalla, jacinto de agua, lechuguilla, nomeolvides, oreja de mula, tapón, taruya
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Caribbean, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 40–1000 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Arauca, Bolívar, Caquetá, Casanare, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, Huila, Magdalena, Putumayo, Santander, Vaupés.
- Habit
- Herb, Aquatic.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: savanna, wetlands (inland).
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa y cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 40 - 1000 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Valle del Magdalena.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba, acuática
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
Introduced into:
Bangladesh, Florida
Pontederia azurea Sw. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2013 | Burchell [4163], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000887575 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 2013 | Gardner [701], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000887577 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 2013 | Schomburgh [2738], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000887580 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 2013 | Tweedie, J. [s.n.], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000887581 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 2009 | Sasaki, D. [1495], Mato Grosso | Eichhornia azurea | K000578623 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1991 | Prance, G.T. [1329], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000887583 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1991 | Gardner [2744], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000838000 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1971 | Egler, W.A. [46023], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000837997 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1970 | Pires, J.M. [52462], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000887569 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1960 | Irwin, H.S. [48783], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000887584 | Yes | |
Hunt, D.R. [6069], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000887578 | Yes | ||
Krukoff, B.A. [6722], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000837998 | Yes | ||
Glaziou [16392], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000887582 | Yes | ||
Sellow [s.n.], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000887571 | Yes | ||
Burchell [7967], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000887570 | Yes | ||
Spruce, R. [s.n.], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000887568 | Yes | ||
Lützelburg, P. [252], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000837999 | Yes | ||
Gardner [701], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000887576 | Yes | ||
Spruce, R. [273], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000887573 | Yes | ||
Glaziou [17833], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000887572 | Yes | ||
Smith, M.D. [24], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000887574 | Yes | ||
Hule, E. [8092], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000837996 | Yes | ||
Hunt, D.R. [6069], Brazil | Eichhornia azurea | K000887579 | Yes |
First published in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 57 (1788)
Not accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Eichhornia azurea.]
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferraria, A.R. (2000). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 9-11: 1-337. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
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