Family: Commelinaceae
Synonym: Aneilema
nudiflorum (L.) Sweet, Commelina
nudiflora L.
Habit:
Herb
Habitat:
Wet areas, Grasslands, also in the plains
Flowering
& Fruiting: September-November
Distribution: India
Key identification features:
Procumbent herbs; rooting at lower nodes. Leaves sessile, linear or
linear-lanceolate, base rounded, apex acute or acuminate; Flowers in terminal
and axillary few-flowered, subglobose or subcorymbose panicles. Petals oblong,
acute, bluish-purple. Capsule globose. Seeds 2- per locule, cuboid, deeply
pitted.
Uses:
Used
for treatment of asthma, leprosy, hemorrhoids, stomach complaints, giddiness,
and as astringent.
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