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Quick Facts
Difficulty:
Moderate

Light Needs:
Medium
Type: Unknown
Brackish: Yes

Placement
Foreground


Banana plant
Nymphoides aquatica

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Family: Menyanthaceae
Region: U.S.

Care
Requires moderate lighting. Commonly used as a pond plant where it will readily propagate. The "bananas" are a nutrient storage device. When planting, only put the bottom 1/3 in the substrate.


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Credit: Dino

Floating leaf and flower in pond




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