Tonningia axillaris (L.) O. Kize.
Tonningia axillaris (L.) O. Kize.
Tonningia axillaris (L.) O. Kize.
MH326 : Tonningia axillaris (L.) Kuntze
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D.Don ex Sweet.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Creeping Cradle Plant, Kana, Bechka, Vazhukai pul, Golla gundi, Kodi kalu, Negalu kanne soppu |
| Plant Family | : | Commelinaceae |
| Description | : | Annual Herbs. Leaf Sheaths inflated, enclosing flowers. Seeds dark brown with conical tip. Fleshy decumbent, glabrous herbs, rooting at lower nodes, often purple-suffused. Leaves 3-7 x 0.5-0.8 cm, linear, apex acute or acuminate; sheath to 7 mm long, mouth ciliate. Inflorescence in axillary cymose clusters, enclosed within the leaf sheath. Bracteoles 1-2 mm long, linear. Flowers 6-7 mm across. Calyx connate, tube 2-4 mm long, pilose; lobes lanceolate. Corolla blue; tube to 3 mm, lobes to 4 mm, ovate. Stamens 6; filaments pink with purple pilose hairs. Ovary c. 1.5 mm, woolly, 3-celled; ovules 2 per cell on axile placentae; style c.1.5 mm long, pilose; stigma 3-fid. Capsule 5-6 mm long, oblong, apex beaked. Seeds 6, c. 2 mm, oblong, pitted. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Chaurakund |
| 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 | : | 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.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew_235336
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/258889
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Creeping%20Cradle%20Plant.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 : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| 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 | : Tonningia L. |
| Species | : Tonningia axillaris (L.) O. Kize. |