Murdannia spirata (L.) Bruckner - Asiatic dewflower
Murdannia spirata (L.) Bruckner - Asiatic dewflower
MH300 : Murdannia spirata (L.) Bruckner
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 521 |
| Synonym | : | Aneilema canaliculatum Dalzell;
Aneilema melanostictum Hance;
Aneilema nanum (Roxb.) Kunth;
Aneilema spiratum (L.) R. Br.;
Aneilema spiratum (L.) Sweet;
Aphylax spiralis (L.) Salisb.;
Commelina bracteolata Lam.;
Commelina nana Roxb.;
Commelina pumila Royle ex C.B.Clarke;
Commelina spirata L.;
Phaeneilema spiratum (L.) G. Brückn.;
Streptylis bracteolata (Lam.) Raf.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Asiatic Dewflower |
| Plant Family | : | Commelinaceae |
| Description | : | Herbs perennial. Roots fibrous. Rhizomes horizontal, elongate, 1--1.5 mm in diam., with sheaths at nodes; internodes to 4 cm, densely yellow hirsute in a line. Stems slender, as thick as rhizomes, creeping proximally, ascending distally, simple or branched, to 35 cm; internodes 1.5--4.5 cm, densely hirsute in a line. Leaf sheaths ca. 5 mm, densely hirsute in a line along mouth slit; leaf blade narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 1.5--3.5 × 0.5--1 cm, glabrous on both surfaces, base truncate, slightly clasping, margin undulate, apex obtuse or acute. Cincinni 1--4, forming terminal panicles, glabrous throughout; peduncle with an infertile, membranous involucral bract above middle; apical involucral bract sheathlike, proximal 1 or 2 involucral bracts similar to leaves in shape, membranous, if only 2 cincinni present then involucral bracts usually absent, if only 1 cincinnus present then cincinni filiform, to 7 cm; bracts very small; pedicels elongate, to 7 mm in fruit. Sepals elliptic, 3--4 mm, persistent. Petals pale blue or nearly white, obovate-orbicular. Fertile stamens 3; filaments lanate; staminodes 3; antherodes 3-sect. Capsule oblong, trigonous, 3--4 mm (excluding apiculus), obtuse at both ends, apiculate at apex. Seeds 3--7 per valve, uniseriate, gray-white, verrucose. Fl. Jan--Dec. 2 n = 40. |
| 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/243894
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=222000251
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Asiatic%20Dewflower.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Commelinidae |
| Order | : Commelinales |
| Family | : Commelinaceae - Spiderwort family |
| Genus | : Murdannia Royle - murdannia |
| Species | : Murdannia spirata (L.) Bruckner - Asiatic dewflower |