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| Photo by Mr. Ponpoko | Photo by Mr. Ponpoko | Photo by Mr. Ponpoko |
| October 2008 in Fukuoka Prefecture |
October 2008 in Fukuoka Prefecture |
October 2008 in Fukuoka Prefecture |
| Family | Commelinaceae |
| Subfamily | Commelinoideae |
| Tribe | Commelineae |
| Scientific name | Commelina benghalensis L. |
| Synonyms | Commelina benghalensis L. var. hirsuta C. B. Clarke; Commelina canescens Vahl; Commelina cavaleriei H. Léveillé; Commelina cucullata L.; Commelina delicatula Schlechtendal; Commelina kilimandscharica K. Schumann; Commelina mollis Jacquin; Commelina nervosa Burman f.; Commelina procurrens Schlechtendal; Commelina prostrata Regel; Commelina turbinata Vahl |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) maruba-tsuyu kusa (マルバツユクサ, 丸葉露草 [meaning: round leaved dewdrop weed]) |
| (English common name) Benghal dayflower, Indian dayflower, jio | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Micronesia, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Arabian Peninsula, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Congo, Rwanda, Benin, Cote D'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa | |
| Habitat | Sand beach, field, rice paddy, farm yard, roadside |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=22 |
| Description | Plants 30-70cm tall. Leaves 3-7cm long, 2-4cm wide. Flowers blue upper 2 petals each 4-5mm long, flowering in July to October. Annual plants. |
| Reference | Commelina benghalensis L. |
| Commelina benghalensis Linnaeus | |
| Commelina benghalensis L. | |
| Commelina benghalensis L. | |
| Selective herbicides for the cultivation of sugar cane (US Patent 6040271/2000) | |
| Maturation of somatic embryos (US Patent 6200809/2001) | |
| Uracil compounds and use thereof (US Patent 6403534/2002) | |
| 1-Aryl-1,3,5-triazine-4-thione-2,6-diones, production thereof and use thereof as herbicides (US Patent 6602825/2003) | |
| Bulk decontamination and degermination of materials in a sub-atmospheric saturated steam environment (US Patent 6800246/2004) | |
| Herbicide compositions and weedkilling method using the same (US Patent 7144842/2006) | |
| Selective herbicide comprising a tetrazolinone derivative (US Patent 7202196/2007) |
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| Photo by Mr. Ponpoko | Photo by Mr. Ponpoko | Photo by Mr. Ponpoko |
| October 2008 in Fukuoka Prefecture |
October 2008 in Fukuoka Prefecture |
October 2008 in Fukuoka Prefecture |
