Plant Details

Accepted name:: Commelina erecta L. [Commelinaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Commelina erecta subsp. erecta

Commelina erecta subsp. livingstonii (C.B.Clarke) J.K.Morton

Commelina erecta subsp. maritima (J.K.Morton) J.K.Morton

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bluebird	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
corrimiento	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
erva-de-santa-luzia	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
flor de la virgen	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
flor de santa lucía	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
hierba de lluvia	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
paj ts´a	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
tchankoko	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
waswas	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
yerba de santa lucía	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
roots	dry roots	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
leaf, stem		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
inflorescence		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
inflorescence		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Aerial parts, Dried leaf, Entire plant, Flowers		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Commelina erecta var. typica Fernald Rhodora 42: 438 (1940), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Commelina erecta	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Commelina erecta L.	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Commelina erecta L. var. erecta f. erecta	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Commelina erecta Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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