MH295 : Commelina hasskarlii C.B.Clark |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : |
516 |
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| Class |
: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order |
: Commelinales |
| Family |
: Commelinaceae - Spiderwort family |
| Genus |
: Commelina L. - dayflower |
| Species |
: Commelina hasskarlii |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : |
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| Plant Category : |
Herbs |
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| Plant's Current Status : |
Red List Category - Least Concern |
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| Plant Family : |
Commelinaceae |
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| Plant Common Name : |
Kena, Kamalini, Carolina Dayflower, Carolina dayflower, |
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| Synonym : |
Commelina caroliniana Walter.
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| Description : |
Decumbent herbs; stem much branched. Leaves narrow-lanceolate, 6-8 x 0.8-1 cm, acuminate at apex, round to cordate at base; sheath 2.5-3 cm long. Cymes penduculate; peduncle 2.5-3 cm long. Spathe 3-3.5 x 1.5-2 cm, ovate, caudate acuminate at apex, united at the lower margins; upper branches of cymes to 2 cm long, lower 0.5-1 cm long. Flowers blue, 0.5-0.7 cm across. Sepals 3, membranous, the 2 inner often connate at the base. Petals 3, longer, 2 of them usually larger and long-clawed, the 3 rd sometimes absent. Stamens 3 perfect and 2-3 imperfect; filaments filiform, often spirally coiled; anthers oblong, one usually larger than the rest, the imperfect often cruciform. Capsule ovoid, 3-celled, 0.3-0.4 cm long; seeds cylindric, truncate. |
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| Reference : |
~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :
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