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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH324 : Commelina forsskalaei Vahl.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Commelinales
Family : Commelinaceae - Spiderwort family
Genus : Commelina L. - dayflower
Species : Commelina forsskalaei Vahl.
Plant Location in Melghat : Belkund  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Commelinaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Forsskal's Dayflower, Day flower, Kanpet
 
Synonym : Commelina forsskalii.
Commelina falcata.
Description : Herbs, slender and rooting at nodes and hooded spathes. prostrate herb, 20-30 cm long. Long slender stems are branched and rooted at nodes, which make the plant prostrate. Narrowly oblong leaves are 3-5 cm in length, and have a wavy margin. Tiny butterfly like blue flowers are 1 cm across, and occur in cymes of 1-3 at the end of branches. Flowers are enclosed in ovate, hairy, hooded spathes 1-1.5 cm long. The flowers have 3 petals - the larger two are like butterfly wings. There are 3 distinct stamens.
 
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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 :