Kana / Garden Commelina
Commelina benghalensis
Also known as Dayflower
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- July-November
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Commelina benghalensis
- Genus
- Commelina
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Wasteland and deciduous forests
- Distribution
- Pantropical, Introduced elsewhere
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Uttarakhand, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Delhi, Odisha, Bihar, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Daman & Diu, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-November
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Commelinaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Bluerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kana itself; the rest are typical of the Commelinaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- काना Kana, कनकव्वा Kankawa, बुचना Buchna, Kanchara
- Nepali
- काने Kane, काने घाँस
- Bengali
- ঢোলপাতা, চিত্রপত্রী, কানশিরে
- Tamil
- கானாங்கோழை kanangkozai, adutinnathalai, kanan valai
- Kannada
- ಹಿಟ್ಟಗಾಣಿ Hittagani, ಕನ್ನೆಸೊಪ್ಪು Kannesoppu ಗುಬ್ಬಚ್ಚಿಬಾಳೆ Gubbacchi baale
- Malayalam
- kanankolai, kancatam, കാനവാഴ
- Marathi
- केना Kena, केना
About Kana
Garden Commelina (Commelina benghalensis) belongs to the Commelinaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and 25 other states. It grows in wasteland and deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to November.
Uses
It is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and harvested for fodder. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Commelinaceae
Spiderwort Family
Kana belongs to the Commelinaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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