Commelina clavata C.B.Clarke

 
  • Family : COMMELINACEAE
    (Spiderwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KANA FAMILY (काना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : COMMELINACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Commelina clavata C.B.Clarke
  • Common name : Willow-leaved Day-flower
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Wet areas in moist deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Often on perennially moist places.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-December
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district, Guntur district
    • Kerala : Malappuram district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Raigad district
    • Tamil Nadu : Salem district
  • World Distribution : India incl. Andama, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malay peninsula, Java and Sumatra
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature : IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Pullaiah, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 3; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Commelina clavata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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