fanwort
giant cabomba
cabomba aquatica latin

Cabomba aquatica, also known as fanwort or giant cabomba, is an aquatic plant native to South America.

Cabomba aquatica (fanwort)

Cabomba furcata is a species of aquatic plant in the water shield family known by the common names red cabomba and forked fanwort.

It has divided submerged leaves in the shape of a fan (hence the vernacular name fanwort) and is much favoured by aquarists as an ornamental and oxygenating plant for fishtanks.

Anacharis (elodea or Canada waterweed) and cabomba (Carolina fanwort) are two such submerged plants, according to Charles Thomas, president of Lilypons Water Gardens in Lilypons, Md.

Cabomba aquatica, also known as fanwort or giant cabomba, is an aquatic plant native to South America.