Cyanotis villosa (Spreng.) Schult. & Schult.f.

 
  • Family : COMMELINACEAE
    (Spiderwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KANA FAMILY (काना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : COMMELINACEAE
  • Basionym : Tradescantia villosa Spreng.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cyanotis villosa (Spreng.) Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Evergreen, shola and moist deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Often on hills above 1000m.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-January
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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=Cyanotis villosa. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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