| Accepted name: |
Commelina communis L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Commelina willdenovii Kunth
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| English names: |
Common Day-flower
Asiatic Day-flower
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HCOMCO
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The flowers employed for making Awobana paper in Japan and as a remedy (antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic) in Chinese medicine. In China and India also used as vegetable and fodder crop(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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