Tinantia erecta (Jacq.) Fenzl

Species

Angiosperms > Commelinales > Commelinaceae > Tinantia

Characteristics

Mediocre or fairly large succulent annuals; stem erect or ascending, usually rooting at the lowermost nodes, rather inconspicuously pubescent to glabrous. Leaves ovate-to obovate-elliptic, acuminate or obtuse at the tip, gradually nar-rowed to a broad subpetiolar base, 8-20 cm. long, scatteringly pubescent, par-ticularly beneath; sheath 1.0-1.5 cm. long, scatteringly puberulent. Inflorescence densely glandular-puberulent, bearing few to many rather showy pale pink flowers in scorpioid cymes, either simple or several umbellately compounded at the tip of a more or less elongate, leafless peduncle.
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A herb. It grows each year from seed. The leaves are opposite.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. In Argentina it grows between 600-1,600 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Hemostat (unspecified)
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Images

Flower

Tinantia erecta flower picture by Jorge Sanchez (cc-by-sa)
Tinantia erecta flower picture by Mauricio León Carreño (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Tinantia erecta world distribution map, present in Angola, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:173146-1
WFO ID wfo-0000587454
COL ID 56ZV2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 853666
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Commelina rosea Tinantia erecta Tinantia fugax Tinantia modesta Ephemerum racemosum Tradescantia erecta Tinantia undata Tradescantia malabarica Tradescantia recta Tinantia erecta f. puberula Pogomesia erecta Tradescantia commelina Tradescantia undata Tradescantia undulata Tradescantia latifolia Pogomesia undata Tinantia fugax var. erecta Tradescantia bifida Tinantia latifolia