Commelina cristata
Commelina cristata
Commelina cristata
Commelina cristata
MH297 : Commelina cristata L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 518 |
| Synonym | : | Cyanotis cristata (L.) D.Don.;
Tradescantia cristata (L.) L.;
Ephemerum cristatum (L.) Moench;
Siphostigma cristata (L.) Raf.;
Tonningia cristata (L.) Kuntze;
Zygomenes cristata (L.) W.Wight;
Tradescantia imbricata Roxb.;
Cyanotis imbricata (Roxb.) Kunth;
Cyanotis huegelii Hassk.;
Cyanotis racemosa C.B.Clarke;
Tradescantia umbellata B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke;
Cyanotis cavaleriei H.Lév. & Vaniot; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Lahan Kena |
| Plant Family | : | Commelinaceae |
| Description | : | Fleshy, robust herbs. Leaves 2-8 x 0.8-2.5 cm, ovate-oblong, base rounded or cordate, apex obtuse or acute, sparsely ciliate on margins; sheath loose, to 8 mm long, hispid. cymes mostly terminal, recurved, 2-2.5 x 1-1.5 cm, solitary, peduncle 2-6 cm long. Bracts 2.5-5 x 1-2.2 cm, leaf-like; bracteoles 0.7-1 cm long, falcately ovate, sparsely ciliate on margins. Flowers 6-7 mm across. Calyx tube c. 2 mm long; lobes 2-2.5 mm long, hirsute. Corolla pale blue to purple, c. 6 mm long. Staminal filaments bearded, violet. Ovary globose, hairy at apex. Capsule 2-3 mm long, subglobose. Seeds c. 1 mm , trigonous, with 2 large pits on either side. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229435 |
| 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 cristata |