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Introduction

There are several varieties of this plant. The variety grown by Tropica is said to come from Malaysia. You can see more details about this plant, on the net such as AquaticPlantCentral, PlantedTank etc. Interesting to know that Limnophila aromatica or its common name is Rice Paddy Herb used fresh in Vietnam to garnish and flavor soups & curries.

Emersed Form



More picture of emersed L. Aromatica can be found here.

Submersed Form



The best picture of submersed L. Aromatica, IMO, found here.


Buying L. Aromatica from LFS



Normally, when you buy any plant from any LFS here, the plant will be in the emersed form. But some LFS do sell plants in submersed form. In my case, I bought mine in both form of L. Aromatica, the submersed form (left picture) from 88Marine some time ago, and the emersed form(right) from East Aqua, both pictures are not mine though, but by the looks of it, it is indeed the same.

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