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Description

Common Names: Dull Arrow, Brown Pond Arrow
Classification: Herbaceous, Flower; A common water plant of ponds and marshes, the distinctive pointed arrow-leaves have a drab brownish colour.

Rarity: Common
Distribution: Tropical to sub-arctic, brackish and fresh water wetlands.
Life Cycle: Annual, produces small green flowers on a subsurface spike. When matured into seeds, they disperse into the water.

Cultivation: wild
Culinary: none
Medicinal: Antitussive (root)
Other: The root of this plant can be rendered into a syrup useful in the treatment of coughs.

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 [[File:Dull_arrow.png|thumb|right|x200px|''Dull Arrow'' - Sebastian Romu © 2018]]
-==Description==
+=Description=
 ;Common Names:Dull Arrow, Brown Pond Arrow
 ;Classification:Herbaceous, Flower
-A common water plant of ponds and marshes, the distinctive pointed arrow-leaves have a drab brownish colour. The root of this plant can be rendered into a syrup useful in the treatment of coughs.
+:A common water plant of ponds and marshes, the distinctive pointed arrow-leaves have a drab brownish colour.
-==Ecology==
+=Ecology=
 ;Rarity:Common
 ;Distribution:Tropical to sub-arctic, brackish and fresh water wetlands.
 ;Life Cycle:Annual, produces small green flowers on a subsurface spike. When matured into seeds, they disperse into the water.
-==Uses==
+=Uses=
 ;Cultivation:wild
 ;Culinary:none
 ;Medicinal:Antitussive (root)
 ;Other:<!-- other uses-->
+:The root of this plant can be rendered into a syrup useful in the treatment of coughs.
-==Culture==
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-==See Also==
+=See Also=
 [[Category:Flora]]