Murdannia loriformis (Hassk.) R.S.Rao & Kammathy

Species

Angiosperms > Commelinales > Commelinaceae > Murdannia

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Roots fibrous, 0.5--1 mm in diam., glabrous or tomentose. Rhizomes absent. Main stem undeveloped; fertile stems several, arising from rosette, diffuse or ascending, 15--50(--100) cm, glabrous or puberulent on 1 side, very rarely densely hirsute. Basal leaves with blade linear, 5--15(--30) cm × 6--9 mm, margin ciliate only proximally; cauline leaves shorter, ciliate only on 1 side of sheath mouth, glabrous elsewhere, very rarely densely hirsutulous. Cincinni terminal, solitary or 2 or 3 forming a panicle, subcapitate, of several densely arranged flowers; proximal involucral bracts leaflike but smaller than leaves, distal ones very small, less than 10 mm; peduncle ca. 2.5 cm; bracts ca. 4 mm, caducous; pedicels slightly curved, 2.5--4 mm in fruit. Sepals ovate-elliptic, ca. 3 mm, herbaceous. Petals purple-red or blue, obovate-orbicular. Fertile stamens 2; filaments pubescent; staminodes 3; antherodes 3-sect. Capsule ovoid-globose, trigonous, 3--4 mm. Seeds 2 per valve, yellow-brown, radiate striate, finely white reticulate, neither pitted nor verrucose. Fl. May--Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal potherb
Edible shoots
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Images

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Distribution

Murdannia loriformis world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:172867-1
WFO ID wfo-0000473601
COL ID 44LMV
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Synonyms

Aneilema terminale Aneilema angustifolium Aneilema loriforme Murdannia angustifolia Aneilema nudiflorum var. terminale Murdannia malabarica var. terminalis Aneilema nudiflorum var. rigidior Murdannia loriformis