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Family: Commelinaceae
Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Commelinales > Commelinaceae > Commelina > C. diffusa
Common name [English]: Creeping dayflower
Vernacular name [Malayalam]: വാഴപ്പടത്തി
Nativity: Bangladesh, Bhutan, China; Guyana, India
Habitat: found in damp shady places near water but also found in open swamps and marshes and sometimes found floating in mats.
Description: Trailing or diffuse herbs. Leaves 2-6 x 0.8-2 cm, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, base obtuse, apex acute or acuminate; sheath 1-2 cm long, ciliate. Peduncle 0.8-1.5 cm long, ovate-lanceolate, base subcordate, complicate. Sepals c. 3 mm long. Petals blue, c. 4 mm long. Stamens and staminodes naked. Capsule to 8 mm long, oblong, 3-celled, apex beaked. Seeds c. 2 mm, tuberculate and reticulate.
Flowering and Fruiting: July - September
Uses: Folk medicine, Traditional Chinese medicine
Cultivation: Wild
References
http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
https://indiabiodiversity.org
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