• Family : COMMELINACEAE
  (Spiderwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KANA FAMILY (काना फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMMELINACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Commelina erecta var. glochidea (K.D.Koenig ex C.B.Clarke) Bhargavan; Commelina undulata R.Br.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Commelina erecta L.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grasslands, moist deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Often on hills in perennially moist places.
• Flower, Fruit : August-December
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district
  • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
  • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • Odisha : Common in forests and in moist shaded places
• Native : India
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• 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; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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 erecta. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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