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Floscopa scandens Lour.

Climbing flower cup (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Commelinales > Commelinaceae > Floscopa

Characteristics

Stems 20--70 cm, simple, prostrate proximally. Plants glandular pubescent throughout with multicellular hairs, or hairy only on leaf sheaths and inflorescences, sometimes sheaths hairy only on 1 side. Leaves usually sessile or with short, winged petiole; leaf blade elliptic to lanceolate, 4--12 × 1--3 cm, adaxially with scaly processes. Inflorescences several, terminal and axillary, each a broomlike panicle to 8 × 4 cm, densely glandular with long hairs; peduncle nearly absent; pedicels very short. Sepals shallowly boat-shaped. Petals blue or purple. Fertile stamens 6; filaments glabrous. Capsule ovoid, compressed, ca. 2 × 2 mm. Seeds gray-blue, semiellipsoid, ca. 1.5 mm, shallowly radiate striate. Fl. and fr. Jul--Nov.
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A creeping leafy herb, like wandering Jew. The stems lie on the ground and root at the nodes. The tips of the branches bend upwards to 20-50 cm height. The leaves are narrow and sword shaped and 4-8 cm long. They are pointed towards the tip. The flowers are small, green and covered with hairs. They are 4-5 cm long. The petals are blue. The fruit or capsule has 2 sections. There is one seed in each section. The seeds are about 2 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.0
Mature height (meter) 1.25
Root system -
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Grassy ravines, forests, by water; from near sea level to elevations of 1,700 metres. In wet places, along streams, in low and medium elevations in the Philippines.
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A tropical plant. It grows in moist places and near swamps at low altitudes. It is sometimes common in sago swamps. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The leaves have been reported as eaten.
Uses food medicinal social use
Edible leaves shoots
Therapeutic use Conjunctivitis (unspecified), Fracture (unspecified), Eye (unspecified), Ophthalmia (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It grows wild from seeds or pieces of the stem.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Floscopa scandens unspecified picture

Distribution

Floscopa scandens world distribution map, present in Andorra, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Floscopa scandens threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:172742-1
WFO ID wfo-0000425179
COL ID 6J9R9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Commelina densiflora Floscopa meyeniana Floscopa rufa Lamprodithyros paniculatus Aneilema asperum Aneilema cymosum Aneilema densiflorum Aneilema hispidum Dithyrocarpus meyenianus Floscopa paniculata Floscopa scandens Tradescantia geniculata Tradescantia rufa Commelina cymosa Commelina hamiltonii Commelina hispida Dithyrocarpus paniculatus Dithyrocarpus petiolatus Dithyrocarpus rothii Dithyrocarpus rufus Dithyrocarpus undulatus Floscopa hamiltonii Floscopa petiolata Floscopa undulata Floscopa scandens var. vaginivillosa Tradescantia paniculata
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