Commelina suffruticosa Bl.
Commelina suffruticosa Bl.
Commelina suffruticosa Bl.
Commelina suffruticosa Bl.
Commelina suffruticosa Bl.
MH325 : Commelina suffruticosa Blume
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Commelina rugulosa C.B.Clarke.;
Commelina simsonii C.B.Clarke.;
Spathodithyros suffruticosus (Blume) Hassk.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Shrubby Dayflower, Shrubby Spiderwort |
| Plant Family | : | Commelinaceae |
| Description | : | Herbs, with fibrous roots, bearded filaments and beaked filaments. Herbs perennial. Stems erect or ascending, branched only distally, to more than 35 cm, glabrous. Leaf sheaths sparsely hirsute-ciliate and hirsute in a line on 1 side; petiole obvious, to 1 cm; leaf blade lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 8--13 × 3--5 cm, glabrous on both surfaces. Involucral bracts borne opposite leaves, broadly cordate, open, ca. 1.6 × 1.1 cm when folded, sparsely puberulent, apex obtuse. Cincinni 4-flowered; peduncle ca. 8 mm; pedicels ca. 3 mm, twisted in fruit. Sepals ca. 4 mm, membranous. Petals white, ca. 4 mm. Capsule subglobose, 3.8--5 mm, 2-valved. Seeds 1 per valve, light brown, ca. 2.8 mm (immature). |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Chaurakund |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant is used in menorrhagia. Root is applied to sores. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- http://www.mpbd.info/plants/commelina_suffruticosa.php
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=240001174
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229265
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Shrubby%20Dayflower.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some ethnomedicinally important new plant reports from Melghat"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2008); 32(Suppl.): 214-215. PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Commelinidae |
| Order | : Commelinales |
| Family | : Commelinaceae - Spiderwort family |
| Genus | : Commelina L. - dayflower |
| Species | : Commelina suffruticosa Bl. |