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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH292 : Commelina attenuata K.D.Koenig ex Vahl

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 513  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Commelinales
Family : Commelinaceae - Spiderwort family
Genus : Commelina L. - dayflower
Species : Commelina attenuata
Plant Location in Melghat : In Dhargad, Koktu  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : UNCOMMON  
Plant Family : Commelinaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : -
 
Synonym : Commelina clavata var. attenuata (K.D.Koenig ex Vahl) Trimen
Commelina rajmahlensis C.B.Clarke
Commelina repens Roxb. & H.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke, pro syn.
Description : Slender procumbent herbs. Leaves 3-6 x 0.5-1 cm, linear- lanceolate, base obtuse, apex acute to acuminate; sheath to 1 cm long, margin ciliate. Spathe 1.5-3 cm long, ovate-lanceolate, base sagittate-auriculate, apex acuminate; peduncle to 2.5 cm long. Sepals c. 5 mm long, ovate-obtuse, concave. Petals blue. Stamens 3; staminodes 3, all naked. Ovary tomentose, 2-celled; ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule c. 6 x 3 mm, oblong, 2-locular. Seeds c. 4 mm, whitish-appendaged at the ends.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :