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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH166 : Commelina erecta L.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Commelinales
Family : Commelinaceae - Spiderwort family
Genus : Commelina L. - dayflower
Species : Commelina crecta L.
Plant Location in Melghat : Belkund  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : IUCN Red List - Least Concern  
Plant Family : Commelinaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Widow's Tears Day Flower, Blousel Blommetjie, White Mouth Dayflower, Slender Dayflower, Blue Commelina
 
Synonym : Commelina elegans Kunth
Commelina pohliana Seub.
Commelina sulcata Willd.
Commelina virginica auct. non L.
Commelina virginica L. var. australis C.B.Clarke
Description : Decumbent herbs; stem 20-40 cm high, pubescent on one side. Leaves 8-12 x 2.5 cm, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, acute at base, scabrid. Spathe 1 x 2 cm, acute on one side, shortly peduncled. Cymes few in a spathe, 2-4-flowered. Flowers 13 cm across; sepals 5 x 3 mm, obovate, acute; petals clawed, blue; stamens 3, one anther shorter than others; ovary 3-celled, 3-ovuled, glabrous. Capsule 3-celled, glabrous; seeds 4 x 3 mm, oblong, powdery.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : The plant is emollient and vulnerary. It is used in the treatment of wounds. A decoction is used as an external wash for mycoses. It is macerated in rum and then rubbed on spider bites to bring relief. The sap is used as an oral contraceptive.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : -
Reference : ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID :