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Cyanotis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult.f.

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Cyanotis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult.f.
Cyanotis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult.f.
Cyanotis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult.f.
🗒 Synonyms
synonymCyanotis concanensis Hassk.
synonymCyanotis sahyadrica Blatt.
synonymCyanotis stocksii Hassk.
synonymCyanotis thomsonii Hassk.
synonymTonningia tuberosa (Roxb.) Kuntze
synonymTradescantia tuberosa Roxb.
🗒 Common Names
Marathi
  • आभाली Abhali
Other
  • Greater Cat Ears
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
A common monsoon herb, with pink- purple flowers. Slightly succulent and tuberous
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Differs from other Cyanotis in having tubers
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        Description
        Perennial herbs with tuberous roots. Stem hairy on one side. Leaves basal, 20-35 x 1.5 cm, oblong, acute, margin white, serrulate, glabrous; cauline leaves much smaller. Cymes terminal, umbellate, 2-5 together, curved; bracts 2-2.5 x 0.7 cm, ovate, hairy; bracteoles numerous, 8 x 3 mm, falcate, hairy along the margins, many. Flowers many; sepals 7 x 2 mm, oblanceolate, hairy; corolla campanulate, tube 7-8 mm long, lobes acute, violet; filaments bearded on upper part; style bearded and bulged below stigma. Capsule ovoid, pilose above; seeds faintly rugose, black.
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          📚 Nomenclature and Classification
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          Cyanotis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7(2): 1153. 1830
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            📚 Natural History
            Cyclicity
            Flowering and fruiting: October-December
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              August - September
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                Dispersal
                Anemochory
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                  Size
                  c. 30 cm in height
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                    Morphology
                    Herbs, c 30 cm high, suberect; true stem rooting without radical leaves; pseudostem formed by sheath of c 4 leaves. Radical leaves c 20 x 3 cm, linear-lanceolate, densely hairy beneath; cauline leaves few, 5-11 x 1.0-1.5 cmensiform, upper surface with sparse long hair, lower surface densely hairy. Spathes in scorpioid cymes, purplish or reddish purple. Flowers blue. Capsules c 0.5 x 0.4 cm, ellipsoid. Seeds 6, 0.1-1.2 cm long, broadly ovoid, slightly narrowed, somewhat compressed, truncate at base, flattened on one side, rounded at apex, rugose.
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                      Physiology
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                        Trophic Strategy
                        autotrophy; primary producer
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                          📚 Habitat and Distribution
                          General Habitat
                          Grasslands, among wet rocks
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                            System: Terrestrial, hill tops and scrublands. Habitat: on open rocky soils, common.
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                              Description
                              Global Distribution

                              Peninsular India

                              Indian distribution

                              State - Kerala, District/s: Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad

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                                Endemic Distribution
                                Peninsular India
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                                  Endemic
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                                    📚 Occurrence
                                    No Data
                                    📚 Demography and Conservation
                                    Trends
                                    stable
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                                      Risk Statement
                                      Not known
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                                        Conservation Status
                                        Not assessed by the IUCN redlist.
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                                          Legislation
                                          None
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                                            Protection Legal Status
                                            None
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                                              📚 Uses and Management
                                              Uses

                                              System of Medicines Used In

                                              Folk medicine
                                              Folk medicine
                                              System Of Medicines Used In

                                              Folk medicine

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                                                📚 Information Listing
                                                Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)
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                                                  Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
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                                                    References
                                                    1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4647
                                                    1. Sharma, B.D., S. Karthikeyan & N.P. Singh (1996). Flora of Maharashtra State: Monocotyledones. Flora of India Series 2. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, 794 pp.
                                                    1. Cyanotis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schult. f., Syst. Veg. 7:1153.1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7:386.1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1549(1081). 1931; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 462. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 319. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 514. 2005.
                                                    2. Cyanotis sahyadrica Blatt., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 33: 77. 1928.
                                                    3. Cyanotis concanensis Hassk., Commelin. Ind. 114. 1870; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 519. 1990.
                                                    4. Tradescantia tuberosa Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 108. 1799.
                                                    Information Listing > References
                                                    1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4647
                                                    2. Sharma, B.D., S. Karthikeyan & N.P. Singh (1996). Flora of Maharashtra State: Monocotyledones. Flora of India Series 2. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, 794 pp.
                                                    3. Cyanotis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schult. f., Syst. Veg. 7:1153.1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7:386.1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1549(1081). 1931; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 462. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 319. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 514. 2005.
                                                    4. Cyanotis sahyadrica Blatt., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 33: 77. 1928.
                                                    5. Cyanotis concanensis Hassk., Commelin. Ind. 114. 1870; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 519. 1990.
                                                    6. Tradescantia tuberosa Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 108. 1799.

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                                                    📚 Meta data
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                                                    🐾 Taxonomy
                                                    RootRoot
                                                    KingdomPlantae
                                                    PhylumTracheophyta
                                                    ClassLiliopsida
                                                    OrderCommelinales
                                                    FamilyCommelinaceae
                                                    GenusCyanotis
                                                    SpeciesCyanotis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult.f.
                                                    📊 Temporal Distribution
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