Commelina imberbis Ehrenb. ex Hassk.

 
  • Family : COMMELINACEAE
    (Spiderwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KANA FAMILY (काना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : COMMELINACEAE
  • Synonym(s) : Commelina kotschyi Hassk., C. heterosperma Blatt. & Hallb.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Commelina imberbis Ehrenb. ex Hassk.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grasslands
  • Comments / notes : Not common, grows in gravelly and sandy river-beds
  • Flower, Fruit : September-February
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district
    • Telangana : Nizamabad district
    • Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
    • Maharashtra : Nashik district, Pune district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Ramanathapuram district, Tiruvallur district, Tiruchirapalli district
  • Native : Africa, Madagascar
  • World Distribution : Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula, India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Pullaiah, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 3. pp. 1002; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Chithra & Balakrishnan (1989). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 3
  • 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 imberbis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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