Murdannia gigantea (Vahl) G.Brückn

 
  • 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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