Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Commelinales > Commelinaceae > Murdannia > M. nudiflora

Description: Procumbent herbs; rooting at lower nodes. Leaves sessile, 6-11 x 0.5-1.2 cm, linear or linear-lanceolate, base rounded, apex acute or acuminate; sheath to 1.2 cm long, margin ciliate. Flowers in terminal and axillary few-flowered, subglobose or subcorymbose panicles. Sepals c. 2 mm long, oblong, obtuse. Petals 2-2.5 mm long, oblong, acute, bluish-purple. Staminal filaments bearded; staminodes 3 with filaments bearded or not. Ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule 2.5-3.7 mm across, globose. Seeds 2- per locule, c.1 mm, cuboid, deeply pitted.

Flowering and Fruiting : September-November

Uses : Folk medicine, Traditional chinese medicine

Cultivation : Wild, Invasive species.

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org