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Starfruit
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Starfruit

Damasonium alisma

Damasonium alisma is a species of flowering marsh plant known by the common name of starfruit. Its native range includes parts of Great Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Kazakhstan.

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Starfruit in Tractado de las Drogas y Medicinas de las Indias Orientales

Tractado de las Drogas y Medicinas de las Indias Orientales

Cristóvão da Costa · 1578 · p.284

Starfruit in Compendium of Materia Medica

Compendium of Materia Medica

李時珍 · 1596 · p.59

Starfruit in De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica

De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica

Willem Piso · 1658 · p.504

Starfruit in Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 28)

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 28)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.90

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In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Damasonium alisma in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 197009.