- Family : COMMELINACEAE
(Spiderwort Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KANA FAMILY (काना फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Commelinaceae
- Synonym(s) : Aneilema giganteum (Vahl) R.Br.; Commelina gigantea Vahl; Phaeneilema giganteum (Vahl) G.Brückn.; Aneilema ensifolium Wight; Aneilema giganteum var. gracilis Benth.; Aneilema nudiflorum F.Muell.; Commelina hookeriana Spreng.; Prionostachys ensifolia Hassk. ex C.B.Clarke
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Murdannia gigantea (Vahl) G.Brückn
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Deciduous forests
- Key identification features : Radicle leaves linear, acuminate; cauline leaves gradually reduced above; sheaths glabrous; Flowers blue-violet in terminal panicle; Capsules ellipsoid-mucronate; Seeds dark brown.
- Flower, Fruit : April-December
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Mysuru district
- Kerala : Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Buldhana district, Kolhapur district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Madagascar, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Madagascar, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
- B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons
- 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.: 216
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Murdannia gigantea. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.
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