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Hygrophila corymbosa
About
Hygrophila corymbosa, commonly known as temple plant, starhorn or giant hygro, is an aquatic plant in the acanthus family. It is native to South East Asia, but is grown worldwide in tropical aquariums. The plant naturally grows as an emergent, but it can survive long periods fully submerged.
- Family
- Acanthaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Hygrophila corymbosa
- Slug
- hygrophila-corymbosa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Hygrophila
- Species
- corymbosa
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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