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Commelina nudiflora

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Name

Identification
Commelina nudiflora L. [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Aneilema nudiflorum (L.) R.Br. [family COMMELINACEAE ] Verified by Henry Trimen, Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan [family COMMELINACEAE ]
Related name
  • Commelina pumila
  • Commelina villosa
  • Commelina sellowiana
  • Commelina gracilis
  • Murdannia nudiflora
  • Commelina nudiflora
  • Commelina moluccana
  • Commelina
  • Commelina diffusa
  • Commelina obtusifolia
  • Aneilema nudiflorum
  • Commelina indet.
Common name
  • nyame bewu ansã na mewu = God will die before I die - in allusion to its tenacity to life (Enti) onyame bewu na mawu (FRI) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • baàlaàsáa (ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA (West)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • áhị́hị́á èbisango, áhị́hị́á: grass; èbisango: a bird with a bright blue tail-feather (AJC) (NIGERIA, IGBO (Umuahia)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • waalwaalnde (pl. baalbaalďe) (Taylor) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE (Nigeria)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • nyamεnlẽ wua me ngε wu (FRI) (GHANA, NZEMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • too-lílὲí = sheep’s tongue (FRI; KD) (GHANA, GA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ákpáfrí-íkáη˚ (auctt.) (NIGERIA, EFIK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • sa baté (A&AA) (IVORY COAST, AKYE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • òbògù (JMD) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bàlaàsaá (JMD) bàlaàsánaá (JMD) bàlaàsáyaá (JMD) kununguru (JRA) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • Onyame bewu na mawu = God will die before I die (FRI) nyame bewu ansã na mewu (FRI) (GHANA, TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • òwéí ị̀kpị́rị́bụ́ị́ kpị́bụ́ (KW) (NIGERIA, IJO-IZON (Kolokuma)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • agbenokui nokui (FRI) agbσ maku maku = a grass that will not die (FRI) (GHANA, GBE-VHE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • gòdọ̀gbọ̀ (JRA) gòdọ̀gbọ̀-odò (JMD; SOA) itọ̃pére (JMD) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for COMMELINA nudiflora Linn. [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 7, page 7, (1900) Author: (By C. B. CLARKE.)
Names
COMMELINA nudiflora Linn. [family COMMELINACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 61, not of Mant. 177;—Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 369.
COMMELINA agraria Kunth [family COMMELINACEAE], Enum. iv. 38.
COMMELINA communis Walter [family COMMELINACEAE], Fl. Carol. 68; C. B. Clarke, Comm. et Cyrt. Beng. t. 1 (syn. C. africana excl.).
Information
diffuse, nearly glabrous; stem 6–30 in. long, often rooting at the knots; leaves lanceolate; spathes scattered, peduncled, simply folded, ovate-lanceolate, middle nerve nearly straight; petals blue or nearly white, the anterior often much smaller, sometimes 0; capsule perfecting (nearly always) 5 seeds; surface of the 4 scattered seeds hexagonally reticulated. null
Range
Distributed throughout Africa, and in nearly all warm countries. Var. β, in Africa only.
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; coast-land, Dr. Sutherland! Inanda, 1800 feet, Wood, 94! 1615! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 1838! Zululand, Gerrard, 1839! Var. β, Natal, Sutherland! Sanderson!

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