Commelina benghalensis
Commelina benghalensis L.
| Ordre | Commelinales |
|---|---|
| Famille | Commelinaceae |
| Genre | Commelina |
2n =
Origine : Ancien Monde
sauvage ou cultivé
| Français | ' |
|---|---|
| Anglais | ' |
Résumé des usages
- feuilles et rhizomes : légume
- fourrage
- médicinal
Description
1, tige en fleurs ; 2, inflorescence ; 3, spathe ouverte avec fruits ; 4, graine. Source: PROSEA
feuilles
fleurs
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Noms populaires
| français | |
| anglais | day flower, dew flower, wandering jew, venus’ bath, Benghal dayflower, tropical spiderwort |
| portugais | trapoeraba |
| arabe | hadaib |
| swahili | kongwa, kafula, mpovupovu (PROTA) |
| hindi | कनचारा - kanchara, kaua-kaini, kanuraka |
| Philippines | bias-bias, sabilau, alibangon (tagalog), kabilau (bisaya), kulkul-lasi (ilokano) (PROSEA) |
| Indonésie | petungan, kekupu (javanais), tali korang (sundanais), arewi (minahasa) (PROSEA) |
| Malaysia | rumput mayam (PROSEA) |
| Thaïlande | phakprap (PROSEA) |
| Vietnam | dầu riều, thài lài lông, thài lài (PROSEA) |
| Laos | kaab pii (PROSEA) |
| Birmanie | myet-cho (PROSEA) |
Classification
Commelina benghalensis L. (1753)
Cultivars
Histoire
Usages
Tropical Africa and tropical Asia, extending throughout Malesia to Australia and Pacific isl. Naturalized in the southern United States, Central and South America. In Java young sprouts, as those of C. diffusa Burm. or C. paludosa Blume, are eaten steamed as a vegetable and probably cultivated for this purpose. Besides the leaves also the starch and mucilage containing rhizomes eaten cooked in India. This and other species of the genus also used for food and medicine in tropical Africa.
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Références
- Grenand, Pierre ; Moretti, Christian ; Jacquemin, Henri & Prévost, Marie-Françoise, 2004. Pharmacopées traditionnelles en Guyane. Créoles, Wayãpi, Palikur. 2e édition revue et complétée. Paris, IRD. 816 p. (1ère éd.: 1987). Voir sur Pl@ntUse.