- Family : COMMELINACEAE
(Spiderwort Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KANA FAMILY (काना फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Commelinaceae
- Basionym : Tradescantia tuberosa Roxb.
- Synonym(s) : Tonningia tuberosa (Roxb.) Kuntze; Cyanotis concanensis Hassk.; Cyanotis sahyadrica Blatt.; Cyanotis stocksii Hassk.; Cyanotis thomsonii Hassk.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyanotis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Common name : Sahyadri Dew-Grass, Greater Cat Ears
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Grasslands, among wet rocks
- Comments / notes : Occasional on plains to 800m in scrub jungles
- Key identification features : Succulent herb; Stalkless, sheathed leaves; Flowers bluish purple, in cymes, yellow anthers.
- Flower, Fruit : August-December
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, K. Sankara Rao
- Collection Date : 19/11/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0179
- Collection Locality : Palamaneru Ghat
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mahbubnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagara district
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
- Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Kolhapur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Balangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Kendujhar district, Khordha district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : India
- Exotic/Native : Native
- Endemism : Peninsular India
- World Distribution : India
- 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
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- 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. pp. 1007
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book
- http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/266426 acc on 8-8-2017
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyanotis tuberosa
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyanotis tuberosa. Downloaded on 29 January 2026.
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