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Commelina diffusa

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Name

Identification
Commelina diffusa (Burm.f.) Burm.f. [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Commelina graminifolia Sessé & Moç [family COMMELINACEAE ]
Related name
  • Commelina kurzii
  • Aneilema schlechteri
  • Commelina canariensis
  • `
  • Commelina nudiflora
  • Commelina sp.
  • Commelina diffusa
  • Commelina sabatieri
  • Commelina gracilis
  • Commelina aquatica
  • Commelina graminifolia
  • Commelina communis
  • Commelina prostrata
  • Commelina parviflora
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 diffusa subsp diffusa [family COMMELINACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Commelina diffusa subsp diffusa [family COMMELINACEAE]
Common names
C. nudiflora L., Sp. PI. 41 (1753) partly, excl. lectotype of Merrill, I.e.; C. B. CI. in F.C. 7: 8 (1897), and in F.T.A.8:36(1902). C. werneana Hassk. in Schweinf., Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 206, 295 (1867). C. nudiflora var. werneana (Hassk.) C. B. CI. in F.C. 7: 9 (1897). Type: ? Egypt, Werne (B).
Use
(a)subsp. diffusa

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