Commelina paludosa Blume

Species

Angiosperms > Commelinales > Commelinaceae > Commelina

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Stems often erect, simple or sometimes branched distally, to 1 m, glabrous or sparsely hispidulous. Leaves sessile; leaf sheath densely brown hispid at mouth and in a line on 1 side, sometimes either glabrous with only a few hairs at mouth or hirsute throughout; leaf blade lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 7--20 × 2--7 cm, glabrous on both surfaces or adaxially granular hairy and abaxially hirsute. Involucral bracts often 4--10, forming terminal heads, sessile, funnelform, ca. 2 × 1.5--2 cm, glabrous, proximal margins connate, apex acute or shortly so. Cincinnus 1; peduncle ca. 1.2 cm; flowers 1 to several, nearly included in involucral bracts; pedicels ca. 7 mm, twisted. Sepals 3--6 mm, membranous. Petals blue, 4.5--8 mm. Capsule ovoid-globose, trigonous, ca. 4 mm, 3-valved. Seeds 1 per valve, dark brown, ellipsoid, ca. 3.5 mm, slightly flattened, finely reticulate. Fl. Aug--Oct, fr. Oct--Apr.
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A herb. It is erect and stout. It can be 1 m tall. The leaves are 3-7 cm long by 0.8-1.5 cm wide. They are spoon shaped and narrow. The flowers are blue. The capsule is 3 angled. There are 3 seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in Nepal from 300-3500 m altitude. In Bangladesh it grows on the edges of forests and near swamps. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

The root is boiled and cooked as a vegetable.
Uses dye food medicinal
Edible flowers leaves roots seeds shoots
Therapeutic use Abscess (leaf), Anti-inflammatory agents (leaf), Antipyretics (leaf), Diabetes mellitus (leaf), Diarrhea (leaf), Diuretics (leaf), Furunculosis (leaf), Hypoglycemic agents (leaf), Jaundice (leaf), Cooling effect on body (leaf), Abscess (shoot), Anti-inflammatory agents (shoot), Antipyretics (shoot), Diabetes mellitus (shoot), Diarrhea (shoot), Diuretics (shoot), Furunculosis (shoot), Hypoglycemic agents (shoot), Jaundice (shoot), Cooling effect on body (shoot), Abscess (unspecified), Alexiteric (unspecified), Ascites (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Bite(Bug) (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Conjunctivitis (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Dysuria (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Heart (unspecified), Laryngitis (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Mumps (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Throat (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Hemorrhage (unspecified), Bilious (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Pharyngitis (unspecified), Tonsillitis (unspecified), Eye diseases (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown by seed.
Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 37
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Commelina paludosa world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:172242-1
WFO ID wfo-0000360346
COL ID XFPY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Commelina communis Commelina obliqua Athyrocarpus mathewsii Commelina paludosa f. pedunculata Commelina donii Commelina paludosa