- Family : COMMELINACEAE
(Spiderwort Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KANA FAMILY (काना फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Commelinaceae
- Synonym(s) : Aclisia secundiflora (Blume) Bakh.f.; Aneilema secundiflorum (Blume) Kunth; Commelina secundiflora Blume; Aclisia cumingiana Hassk.; Aclisia elegans (Hassk.) Hassk.; Aclisia gigantea Hassk.; Aclisia indica Wight; Aclisia sorzogonensis E.Mey. ex C.Presl; Aneilema didymum Seem.; Aneilema imbricatum Warb.; Aneilema siamense Craib; Commelina didyma Steud.; Pollia aclisia Hassk.; Pollia didyma C.B.Clarke; Pollia elegans Hassk.; Pollia indica (Wight) Thwaites; Pollia secundiflora var. gigantea (Hassk.) Sanjappa; Pollia secundiflora var. indica (Wight) Sanjappa; Pollia siamensis (Craib) Faden ex D.Y.Hong; Pollia sorzogonensis (E.Mey. ex C.Presl) Steud.; Pollia sorzogonensis var. gigantea (Hassk.) C.B.Clarke; Pollia sorzogonensis var. indica (Wight) C.B.Clarke; Pollia umbellata H.Lév.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pollia secundiflora (Blume) Bakh.f.
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Frequent
- Key identification features : Perennial herb. Stem ascending. Leaves lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, closely spaced below the inflorescence, cuneate at base, acuminate at apex; sheaths tubular, viscid. Inflorescence terminal, thyrsoid panicles. Flowers 6-8 mm across; perianth glabrous, clawed, white. Capsules ellipsoid, shining blue. Seeds many, finely pitted
- Flower, Fruit : June-December
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha, T.P. Ramamoorthy
- Collection Date : 22-08-1969, 06-06-1971
- Collection Nos : HFP 14631, HFP 1788
- Collection Locality : Kempuhole, Shiradi ghat; Kagenari, Hassan district
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Ravikumar & Balachandran-2014, Journal of Threatened Taxa 6(8): 6108–6121
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 218-219
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pollia secundiflora
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pollia secundiflora. Downloaded on 29 January 2026.
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