Cyanotis axillaris - Spreading Dayflower

❏ Binomial Name : Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D.Don ex Sweet.

❏ Synonym : Commelina axillaris,Tonningia axillaris

❏ Family : Commelinaceae

❏ Common Name : Spreading Dayflower

❏ Tamil Name : Vazhukai Pul

❏ IUCN status: least concern

Cyanotis axillaris Botanical Description

Fleshy decumbent, glabrous herbs, rooting at lower nodes, often purple-suffused. Leaves 3-7 x 0.5-0.8 cm, linear, apex acute or acuminate; sheath to 7 mm long, mouth ciliate. Inflorescence in axillary cymose clusters, enclosed within the leaf sheath. Bracteoles 1-2 mm long, linear. Flowers 6-7 mm across. Calyx connate, tube 2-4 mm long, pilose; lobes lanceolate. Corolla blue; tube to 3 mm, lobes to 4 mm, ovate. Stamens 6; filaments pink with purple pilose hairs. Ovary c. 1.5 mm, woolly, 3-celled; ovules 2 per cell on axile placentae; style c.1.5 mm long, pilose; stigma 3-fid. Capsule 5-6 mm long, oblong, apex beaked. Seeds 6, c. 2 mm, oblong, pitted. Fl. &Fr.: August-December.

Cyanotis axillaris Medicinal uses

❀ In India the whole plant is used to treat swellings above the abdomen, rheumatism and joint pain

❀ A plant is decoction of the whole plant is reportedly used in swellings above the abdomen

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