• 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 paludosa Blume
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Evergreen forests
• Flower, Fruit : August-December
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
  • Odisha : Cuttack district, Mayurbhanj district
• World Distribution : Himalayas, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Malay Isalands, South China, Taiwan, Tibet
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• 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; 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 paludosa. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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