- Family : COMMELINACEAE
(Spiderwort Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KANA FAMILY (काना फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Commelinaceae
- Synonym(s) : Aneilema spiratum (L.) Sweet; Aphylax spiralis Salisb.; Commelina spirata L.; Phaeneilema spiratum (L.) G.Brückn.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Murdannia spirata (L.) G.Brückn.
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Grasslands, Moist places
- Comments / notes : Often on hills above 1000m, in moist soil, as clumps in fallow fields and river beds.
- Flower, Fruit : August-February
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 15-10-1962, 02-10-1967
- Collection Nos : CS 8383, CS 11260
- Collection Locality : Karwar; Sakleshpur
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district, Hassan district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Amravati district, Bhandara district, Mumbai Suburban district, Chandrapur district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Nashik district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Odisha : Throughout Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- 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. 1011
- 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
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Murdannia spirata. Downloaded on 10 November 2024.
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