Murdannia nudiflora - Spreading Dayflower

❏ Binomial Name : Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan.

❏ Synonym : Aneilema nudiflorum,Commelina nudiflora,Aneilema malabaricum

❏ Family : Commelinaceae

❏ Common Name : Spreading Dayflower

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Murdannia nudiflora Botanical Description

Procumbent herbs; rooting at lower nodes. Leaves sessile, 6-11 x 0.5-1.2 cm, linear or linear-lanceolate, base rounded, apex acute or acuminate; sheath to 1.2 cm long, margin ciliate. Flowers in terminal and axillary few-flowered, subglobose or subcorymbose panicles. Sepals c. 2 mm long, oblong, obtuse. Petals 2-2.5 mm long, oblong, acute, bluish-purple. Staminal filaments bearded; staminodes 3 with filaments bearded or not. Ovules 2 in each cell. Capsule 2.5-3.7 mm across, globose. Seeds 2- per locule, c.1 mm, cuboid, deeply pitted. Fl. &Fr.: September-November.

Murdannia nudiflora Medicinal uses

❀ Root paste wit goat milk is prescribed orally to cure asthma.

❀ Whole plant paste with common salt is applied on the affected area to cure leprosy

❀ The herb is cooked in oil employed in the treatment of leprosy 

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