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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
Lattice Leaf Plant
In botany, the common name for Ouvirandra fenestralis, an aquatic monocotyledonous plant belonging to the small natural order Aponogetonaceae and a native of Madagascar. It has a singular appearance from the structure of the leaves, which are oblong in shape, from 6 to 18 in. long and from 2 to 4 in. broad; they spread horizontally beneath the surface of the water, and are reduced to little more than a lattice-like network of veins. The tuberculate roots are edible. The plant is grown in cultivation as a stove-aquatic.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lattice Leaf Plant'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/l/lattice-leaf-plant.html. 1910.