Description
An aquatic herb with floating round leaves and white or pinkish flowers, rooted in the mud of ponds and slow rivers.
Medicinal Uses
Rhizomes, leaves, and flowers are used in African traditional medicine as a sedative and for stomach and skin ailments.
Food Uses
The starchy rhizomes and seeds have been eaten in times of scarcity in parts of Africa.
Cultivation
Grows wild rooted in the mud of ponds, swamps, and slow-moving water; propagates by seed and rhizome division.
