918
Murdannia
dimorpha (Dalzell)G.Bruckn.
Synonym
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Aneilema dimorphum
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Family
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Commelinaceae
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Local name
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English-Two shaped day flower
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Flowering and fruiting period
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July-September
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Distribution
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Peninsular
India and Sri Lanka
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Distribution
in kerala
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Kottayam,
Kasaragode, Idukk Pathanamthitta, Kannur,
Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, ThrissWayanad
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Habitat
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Grasslands
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Key Botanical
Characters:
Erect annuals,
stems to 30 cm high, pubescent. Leaves, lanceolate, acute at apex, cordate at
base, glandular below, thinly pubescent above; sheath open, minutely hairy,
pink. Cymes panicled, terminal; peduncle 5-8 cm long. Flowers 8-9 mm across;
pedicel 7 mm long, slender; sepals 3, ovate, acute; petals 4 x 3 mm, obovate,
glabrous; stamens 3, filaments bearded; staminodes 3-lobed, filaments naked.
Capsule, oblong, glabrous; seeds cubical, pitted.
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