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Alternanthera sessilis (Dwarf Copperleaf)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Alternanthera sessilis is an aquatic plant known by several common names, including ponnanganni(in Tamil), Mukunuwenna(in Sinhalese) sessile joyweed and dwarf copperleaf. It is used as a vegetable specially in Sri Lanka and some asian countries.
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Infraspecies

Alternanthera polygonoides var. polygonoides
Alternanthera sessilis var. sessilis
Alternanthera sessilis var. tenuissima

Predators

Hypolimnas bolina (Great egg fly butterfly)[1]

External References

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♦ 1Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0