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Aponogeton satarensis is a rare aquatic plant only known from five sites in small temporary pools on the top of widely separated hill plateaus in the Western Ghats. It is a Herb with milky sap . Leaves sheathing at base; axillary scales present. Inflorescences branched, projected above water. Flowers are bilaterally symmetric. Aponogeton satarensis was described from Mhavashi ferricrete by Sunderaraghavan, Kulkarni and Yadav in 1982. It is known locally as Waytura in Marathi. At one of these sites in the western Ghats, some of the temporary pools have been lost due to the construction of windmills however, secondary pools have been created and the species is has colonized these new pools. Another site is threatened by the increase of tourism (botanical amateurs) and litter disposal. Hence,
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