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Murdannia nimmoniana (J. Graham) Bole & M. R. Almeida var. nimmoniana, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 83:593. 1986 (1987) (Syn: Aneilema paniculatum Wall. ex C.B.Clarke [Illegitimate]; Aneilema semiteres Dalzell; Commelina bulbosa B.Heyne ex Steud. [Invalid]; Commelina nimmoniana J.Graham ex C.B.Clarke; Dichaespermum juncoides Wight; Dichaespermum paniculatum Hassk. ex C.B.Clarke [Invalid]; Dichaespermum semiteres (Dalzell) Hassk.; Murdannia juncoides (Wight) R.S.Rao & Kammathy; Murdannia paniculata (Wall. ex C.B.Clarke) G.Brückn.; Murdannia semiteres (Dalzell) Santapau; Phaeneilema paniculatum (Wall. ex C.B.Clarke) G.Brückn.);
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mur-DAN-ee-uh — named for M. Murdan Ali, plant collector at Saharanpur Botanic Garden ¿ sem-ee-TER-es — semicylindrical (cross section), referring to ? . commonly known as: panicled dewflower • Malayalam: nelam-pullu . Endemic to: Western Ghats (of India) . Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, Chintala Prabhakar, B. Ravi Prasad Rao (1998- Description & Keys– Murdannia semiteres, Murdannia nodiflora & Murdannia spirata)
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Flora of Eastern Karnataka, Volume 2 By N. P. Singh (1988- – Description & Keys– Murdannia semiteres, Murdannia nodiflora, Murdannia versicolor & Murdannia spirata)
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It is known from Africa and southern India, Iran to Indo-China and Viet Nam. Erect tufted slender herbs. Leaves 4-13 x 0.1-0.3 cm, linear, filiform, semiterete, apex acuminate. Panicles terminal, lax, longer than leaves, branches capillary; peduncles reddish, 8-20 cm long. Flowers blue; pedicels filiform; bracts minute, ocreate. Sepals obovate, acute. Petals blue, 2-4 mm long, obovate, apex somewhat 3-loobed. Staminal filaments naked. Ovary glabrous; ovules 2-seriate in each cell. Capsule 2-3 mm long, subglobose or ovoid, angular. Seeds 2-seriate, 6-8 in each cell, smooth, compressed. Flowering and fruiting: October-December
Among sedges and grasses
Peninsular India (Endemic)
Flower for ID – 091011SC3: Posting a photo for Id of flower
Date / Time – 28.08. 2011 / 11.00 am.
Location – Place – Tamhini Ghat, Maharashtra Habitat – Garden/ Urban/ Wild / Type – Wild It looks like Murdannia wightii to me. Sending a few of my photographs. They were taken at my farm at Shahapur. This is Murdannia semiteres for sure. M. wightii is synonym for M. pauciflora and one more thing to add Murdannia semiteres and M. pauciflora are different species from each other one is having terminal,
identification no061111sn3: Help in Id this Murdannia, if possible as I missed taking more pics. date/time:sept11
location:mulshi,pune
habitat:wild
plant habit:herb
height:tiny   identification no081111sn2: Kindly Id this Murdannia. date/time:sept11
location:mulshi,pune
habitat:wild
plant habit:herb Murdannia semiteres for me………:)
Herb for ID : 220912 RV 2: It is seems to be Murdannia semiteres (Dalz.) Sant. Please check Yes it is Murdannia semiteres
Kas week: Murdannia semiteres SMP: Murdannia semiteres
KAS Week DS_051012_05 Id requested: Murdannia semiteres So many thanks, … I am totally ignorant about Western Ghat flowers (I came from Kolkata), and “Murdannia” I heard for the first time when I visited Kas, for the orange three petalled flower I already posted. I never dreamt that this could be some “Murdannia“.
Requesting to please ID this plant captured at Kanheri Caves, SGNP, Mumbai in Aug 2014.
Attached are 2 sets of pics, Type 1 flower being very small and Type 2 flower being 2-3 times bigger than the Type 1 flower.
Do both these sets belong to the same species (Murdannia semiteres, if at all)? Yes Murdannia semiteres. Thank you … for confirmation…
I was a bit doubtful about both these being M. semiteres as there was a considerable difference in flower size… Yes …, You are correct. Kindly identify this plant.. Habit: Herb Habitat: Wild, amidst moist rocky crevice. Sighting: Tumkur Date: 05-10-2015      Please help me to identify this Commelinaceae herb. Is this a Murdannia sp.? The plant was abundant in the locale; moist & rocky habitat.
Location: Palakkad Dist., Kerala
Date: 25 July 2016
Alt.: 150 m asl Murdannia semiteres (Commelinaceae)
Flowers at Kanakeshwar,Alibag (mixed thread): 3 posts by 2 authors.
Flowers today (22.8.16) at kanakeshwar, Alibag
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4 Murdannia wightii Not Murdannia pauciflora (Syn: Murdannia wightii R.S.Rao & Kammathy [Illegitimate]) as per images herein. More likely to be Murdannia nimmoniana (J. Graham) Bole & M. R. Almeida var. nimmoniana as per images herein.
Murdannia semiteres hopefully : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Murdannia semiteres
Kaas plateau
second week of October 2016                 
Today’s Kanakeshwar flora – efloraofindia | Google Groups
. Devgad, Kokan, MH :: Murdannia-1 for validation :: ARK2021-068: 6 images.
This was seen growing on the lateritic plateau near Devgad, coastal Kokan, MH in Aug 2021. Guessing this to be Murdannia nimmoniana var. nimmoniana.
Requesting to please validate. I guess correct ID : Yes it is! .
172 ID wild plant: 20 images.
Please ID wild plant,
Location: near Reserve Forest, Chathamattom, Ernakulam District, (Kochi) Kerala PIN:686671 Altitude: 1400fsl Flower date: 15.10.2021, 12.15pm Habitat: wild, moisture, rocky Plant habit: creeping/erect/obliques, slender weak stem, annual Height: 15cm Leaves: alternate, lengthy, faty, hard, oblong, apex, size:05×0.2×0.2cm Flower: lengthy flower shoot, 4 petals rare, 3 petals common, diameter:07mm, violet, non fragrant Fruit: Seed: Camera: mobile Samsung Galaxy A21s Location of today’s posts related to this ID is: To me appears close to images at Murdannia nimmoniana (J. Graham) Bole & M. R. Almeida var. nimmoniana as per comparative images at Murdannia. Yes, it is dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant, . References:
Revision of the genus Murdannia (Commelinaceae) in India Mayur D. Nandikar & Rajaram V. Gurav- Phytodiversity 2015: Vol. 2 (1): 56-112
The Plant List Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal IUCN Red List (LC) Category:Murdannia semiteres – Wikimedia Commons
Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, Chintala Prabhakar, B. Ravi Prasad Rao (1998- Description & Keys– Murdannia semiteres, Murdannia nodiflora & Murdannia spirata)
Flora of Eastern Karnataka, Volume 2 By N. P. Singh (1988- – Description & Keys– Murdannia semiteres, Murdannia nodiflora, Murdannia versicolor & Murdannia spirata)
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