• Family : COMMELINACEAE
  (SPIDERWORT FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Commelinaceae
• Species : Cyanotis axillaris
• Synonym : Amischophacelus axillaris (L.) R.S.Rao & Kammathy; Tonningia axillaris (L.) Kuntze
• Basionym : Commelina axillaris L.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D.Don ex Sweet
• Common name : Creeping Cradle Plant
• Vernacular name : Soltra, Baghanulla (Hin.); Jijale (Kan.); Amalai (Tam.); Gola gandi (Tel.)
• Key identification features : A slender, diffusely branched sub-erect creeping herb. Leaves are sessile, linear and pointed at apex with short inflated sheath below. Flowers (1.2 cm across) are blue or pink. Staminal filaments bearded. Fruit is an oblong capsule.
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : July-January
• Comments : Common in moist places to about 1000 m on hills and abundant around rice fields.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
• World Distribution : Indo-Malesia, South China, Australia; Introduced in Tropical Africa
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; eMonocot. (2010, 1st November). Retrieved Wednesday, 8th February, 2012, from http://e-monocot.org.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Cyanotis axillaris. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.

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