Murdannia semiteres (Dalzell) Santapau
Murdannia semiteres (Dalzell) Santapau
Murdannia semiteres (Dalzell) Santapau
MH395 : Murdannia semiteres (Dalzell) Santapau
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 62 |
| Synonym | : | Aneilema paniculatum Wall. ex C.B.Clarke, nom. illeg.;
Aneilema semiteres Dalzell.;
Commelina bulbosa B.Heyne ex Steud., nom. inval.;
Commelina nimmoniana J.Graham ex C.B.Clarke;
Dichoespermum paniculatum Hassk. ex C.B.Clarke, nom. inval.;
Dichoespermum semiteres (Dalzell) Hassk.;
Murdannia nimmoniana (J.Graham ex C.B.Clarke) Bole & M.R.Almeida.;
Murdannia paniculata (Wall. ex C.B.Clarke) G.Brückn.;
Phaeneilema paniculatum (Wall. ex C.B.Clarke) G.Brückn.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Panicled Dewflower, Nelam-pullu |
| Plant Family | : | Commelinaceae |
| Description | : | Erect tufted slender herbs. Leaves 4-13 x 0.1-0.3 cm, linear, filiform, semiterete, apex acuminate. Panicles terminal, lax, longer than leaves, branches capillary; peduncles reddish, 8-20 cm long. Flowers blue; pedicels filiform; bracts minute, ocreate. Sepals obovate, acute. Petals blue, 2-4 mm long, obovate, apex somewhat 3-loobed. Staminal filaments naked. Ovary glabrous; ovules 2-seriate in each cell. Capsule 2-3 mm long, subglobose or ovoid, angular. Seeds 2-seriate, 6-8 in each cell, smooth, compressed. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Massondi - Semadoh road |
| 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 | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat.
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230434
- http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/nectar_plants/1164/Murdannia%20semiteres
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Panicled%20Dewflower.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII 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 |
| Genus | : Murdania |
| Species | : Murdannia semiteres (Dalzell) Santapau |