Commelina congesta C.B.Clarke

Species

Angiosperms > Commelinales > Commelinaceae > Commelina

Characteristics

Flowers very pale blue or violet almost white, open from dawn until nearly noon
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Creeping, perennial herb with rather stout stems rooting at nodes
Spathes crowded 2 or more together at ends of stems
Capsules with 3 single-seeded loculi
Elliptic to lanceolate leaves
Life form
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Root system creeping-root
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Environment

Usually in forest, sometimes in open.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 37
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
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Distribution

Commelina congesta world distribution map, present in Benin, Central African Republic, Congo, Cabo Verde, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:171983-1
WFO ID wfo-0000358410
COL ID XFG7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Commelina amphibia Commelina condensata Commelina heudelotii Commelina congesta Commelina congesta var. hirsuta