Aneilema scaberrimum (Blume) Kunth

 
  • Family : COMMELINACEAE
    (Spiderwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KANA FAMILY (काना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Commelinaceae
  • Basionym : Commelina scaberrima Blume
  • Synonym(s) : Dictyospermum scaberrimum (Blume) J.K.Morton ex Panigrahi; Phaeneilema scaberrimum (Blume) Raizada; Tradescantia scaberrima (Blume) Hassk.; Aneilema protensum (Wight) Wall. ex Thwaites; Aneilema scaberrimum var. fruticosum C.B.Clarke; Commelina protensa Steud.; Dictyospermum protensum Wight; Floscopa bambusifolia H.Lév.; Lamprodithyros protensus (Wight) Hassk.; Piletocarpus protensus (Wight) Hassk.; Piletocarpus protensus var. angustifolius Hassk.; Piletocarpus protensus var. intermedius Hassk.; Piletocarpus protensus var. latifolius Hassk.; Pollia bambusifolia (H.Lév.) H.Lév.; Rhopalephora scaberrima var. fruticosa (C.B.Clarke) Vrinda & Panikkar
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rhopalephora scaberrima (Blume) Faden
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : By road sides in forests
  • Flower, Fruit : July-December
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha, T.P. Ramamoorthy
  • Collection Date : 22/08/1969
  • Collection Nos : HFP 14608
  • Collection Locality : Maranahalli, Hassan district
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Nayagarh district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • Pullaiah, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 3. pp.1012
    • 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.: 219
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aneilema scaberrimum. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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