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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH297 : Commelina cristata L.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 518  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Commelinales
Family : Commelinaceae - Spiderwort family
Genus : Commelina L. - dayflower
Species : Commelina cristata
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Commelinaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Lahan Kena
 
Synonym : Cyanotis cristata (L.) D.Don.
Tradescantia cristata (L.) L.
Ephemerum cristatum (L.) Moench
Siphostigma cristata (L.) Raf.
Tonningia cristata (L.) Kuntze
Zygomenes cristata (L.) W.Wight
Tradescantia imbricata Roxb.
Cyanotis imbricata (Roxb.) Kunth
Cyanotis huegelii Hassk.
Cyanotis racemosa C.B.Clarke
Tradescantia umbellata B.Heyne ex C.B.Clarke
Cyanotis cavaleriei H.Lév. & Vaniot
Description : Fleshy, robust herbs. Leaves 2-8 x 0.8-2.5 cm, ovate-oblong, base rounded or cordate, apex obtuse or acute, sparsely ciliate on margins; sheath loose, to 8 mm long, hispid. cymes mostly terminal, recurved, 2-2.5 x 1-1.5 cm, solitary, peduncle 2-6 cm long. Bracts 2.5-5 x 1-2.2 cm, leaf-like; bracteoles 0.7-1 cm long, falcately ovate, sparsely ciliate on margins. Flowers 6-7 mm across. Calyx tube c. 2 mm long; lobes 2-2.5 mm long, hirsute. Corolla pale blue to purple, c. 6 mm long. Staminal filaments bearded, violet. Ovary globose, hairy at apex. Capsule 2-3 mm long, subglobose. Seeds c. 1 mm , trigonous, with 2 large pits on either side.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :