Pollia secundiflora (Blume) Bakh.f.

 
  • Family : COMMELINACEAE
    (SPIDERWORT FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Commelinaceae
  • Species : Pollia secundiflora
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pollia secundiflora (Blume) Bakh.f.
  • Key identification features : Perennial herb. Stem ascending. Leaves lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, closely spaced below the inflorescence, cuneate at base, acuminate at apex; sheaths tubular, viscid. Inflorescence terminal, thyrsoid panicles. Flowers 6-8 mm across; perianth glabrous, clawed, white. Capsules ellipsoid, shining blue. Seeds many, finely pitted
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : September-October
  • Comments : Rare in Eastern Ghats
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Minumulur (Visakhapatnam district) (Andhra Pradesh)
  • World Distribution : India, Bhutan, Myanmar, China, Malacca, Sri Lanka, New Guinea
  • Literature : Ravikumar & Balachandran-2014, Journal of Threatened Taxa 6(8): 6108-6121
  • 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=Pollia secundiflora. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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