Family: Commelinaceae
Synonym: Amischophacelus axillaris (L.) R.S.Rao
& Kammathy, Commelina axillaris
L.
Habit:
Herb
Habitat:
Degraded deciduous forests and moist places
Distribution:
India: Assam, Odisha; Indonesia,
Thailand
Flowering and Fruiting: August-December
Key identification features:
Fleshy decumbent, glabrous herbs, rooting at lower nodes, often
purple-suffused. Leaves linear, apex
acute or acuminate; Inflorescence in axillary cymose clusters, enclosed within
the leaf sheath. Corolla blue; Capsule
oblong, apex beaked. Seeds 6, oblong, pitted.
Uses:
Treat
boils and ascites
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