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Aneilema beniniense Kunth

Species

Angiosperms > Commelinales > Commelinaceae > Aneilema

Characteristics

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are alternate and form a sheath at the base. The leaves are sword shaped and 10 cm long by 3 cm wide. The flowers are in a group at the top. They are white and yellow.
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A robust straggling herb up to 2-3 ft. high, producing flbrous roots from the lower nodes
Leaves mostly elliptic to ovate, rarely all narrow and lanceolate
Inflorescence dense, about 1-21/2 in. across in fruit
Usually subglabrous, rarely rather densely pubescent
Flowers open from 7 a.m. to noon
Petals white to lilac
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.68 - 0.83
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Environment

An abundant weedy plant of disturbed ground; openings in moist semi-deciduous forest; forest farms, roadsides; occasionally fringing woodland; along watercourses in savannah; primary rain-forest, especially in wet areas around swamps.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows along the edges of forests and in palm groves and wet grass savannah. In Ethiopia it grows between 700-1,600 m above sea level.
In rain forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are cooked as a vegetable.
Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Aneilema beniniense world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:171527-1
WFO ID wfo-0000339753
COL ID DW63
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Aneilema mortehanii Lamprodithyros beniniensis Aneilema beniniense Commelina beniniensis Aneilema lujaei Aneilema lujae Aneilema beniniense subsp. leonense Aneilema beniniense var. sessiliflorum Aneilema beniniense subsp. sessiliflorum
WorldFloraDB 2024