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Commelina caroliniana
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Family:
COMMELINACEAE
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Citation: Commelina caroliniana Walter, Fl. Carol. 68. 1788.
Commelina hasskarlii Clarke, Comm. Cyrt. Bengal t. 3, 13. 1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 370. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1538(1074). 1931; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 395. 1995; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 733. 2002.
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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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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-February
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Blue
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1400
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Localities:
Hereford-Eldersile Road, Pongalapara
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