Commelina longifolia Lam.

Species

Angiosperms > Commelinales > Commelinaceae > Commelina

Characteristics

An annual hermaphrodite evergreen herb.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) -
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Blooming months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Abortifacient (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Bubo (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Epistaxis (unspecified), Groin (unspecified), Ophthalmia (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Hemostat (unspecified), Metrorrhagia (unspecified), Piles (unspecified), Uteritis (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 37
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Commelina longifolia world distribution map, present in Andorra, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Seychelles, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:172166-1
WFO ID wfo-0000359798
COL ID XFMF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Commelina longifolia Commelina diffusa Commelina pedunculosa Commelina salicifolia