Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Commelina diffusa Burm.f.

 

Family: Commelinaceae

Vernacular name: Kulamarinji, Thookuchethi (Malayalam)

Habit: Herb

Habitat: Wastelands

Distribution: Pantropical

Flowering and Fruiting: July-September

Key identification features: Trailing or diffuse herbs. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, base obtuse, apex acute or acuminate; Petals blue, Capsule oblong, 3-celled, apex beaked. Seeds tuberculate and reticulate.

Uses: Heal swelling, treatment of urinary tract infection and respiratory tract infections, diarrhea, enteritis, and hemorrhoids



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