Commelina hasskarlii
MH295 : Commelina hasskarlii C.B.Clark
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 516 |
| Synonym | : | Commelina caroliniana Walter.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Kena, Kamalini, Carolina Dayflower, Carolina dayflower, |
| Plant Family | : | Commelinaceae |
| Description | : | Decumbent herbs; stem much branched. Leaves narrow-lanceolate, 6-8 x 0.8-1 cm, acuminate at apex, round to cordate at base; sheath 2.5-3 cm long. Cymes penduculate; peduncle 2.5-3 cm long. Spathe 3-3.5 x 1.5-2 cm, ovate, caudate acuminate at apex, united at the lower margins; upper branches of cymes to 2 cm long, lower 0.5-1 cm long. Flowers blue, 0.5-0.7 cm across. Sepals 3, membranous, the 2 inner often connate at the base. Petals 3, longer, 2 of them usually larger and long-clawed, the 3 rd sometimes absent. Stamens 3 perfect and 2-3 imperfect; filaments filiform, often spirally coiled; anthers oblong, one usually larger than the rest, the imperfect often cruciform. Capsule ovoid, 3-celled, 0.3-0.4 cm long; seeds cylindric, truncate. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Red List Category - Least Concern |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=242421515
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/226899 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); 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 hasskarlii |