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Floscopa scandens

Botanic Family

Commelinaceae

Author

Loureiro

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Queensland - Australia
• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• Bhutan
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan
• WC. Hunan
• Jiangxi
• SC. Sichuan
• Taiwan
• SE. Xizang
• S. & W. Yunnan
• SW. Zhejiang - China
• Andaman Islands
• Assam
• Nicobar Islands
• Sikkim - India
• Java - Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Oceania
• Philippines
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Grasslands
• forests
• waterside
• coastal
• montane areas.

Flowering Times

• Jul-Nov (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Nov (China)

Herbaceous prostrate or scrambling pubescent herb with hirsute stems. Hirsute leaves 240mm long. Terminal & axillary hairy panicles to 75mm long with bracts 20mm long, of blue, white or purple flowers, 3 sepals 5mm x 2mm, 3 glabrous petals 3mm x 2mm\. Capsule 3mm x 3.5mm enclosed in remains of flower.

Medicinal uses

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• JFM
• F Indochine
• Kew
• Wiart 2