Description
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Herbs annual; roots fibrous. Stems erect or creeping, branched, 30--40 cm. Leaves all cauline; leaf blade linear, 20--80 × 5--8 mm, abaxially glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Cincinni reduced, in axillary fascicles of 3--6 flowers; peduncle absent; bracts ca. 10 mm. Sepals free, linear-spatulate, 6--9 mm, abaxially hirsute. Petals blue, ca. 12 mm. Filaments blue lanate. Capsule oblong, trigonous, 4--5 mm, hispid at apex, with 6 horned projections. Seeds gray-black or gray-brown, pitted. Fl. spring, autumn.
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Habitat & Distribution
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Humid sandy places. W Hainan (Changjiang Xian), Hong Kong [Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Oceania].
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Synonym
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Commelina axillaris Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 42. 1753; Amischophacelus axillaris (Linnaeus) R. S. Rao & Kammathy.
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Cyanotis axillaris: Brief Summary
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Cyanotis axillaris is a species of perennial plants in the family Commelinaceae. It is native to Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. It grows in monsoon forest, woodland and wooded grassland. It uses medical plant in India and it uses as food for pigs.
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