Jalpipari / Willow-Leaved Day-Flower
Commelina clavata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- July-December
How to identify Jalpipari
Identify Jalpipari by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Willow-shaped narrow leaves.
- Confirm flower colour: Blue.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Commelinaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Jalpipari.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Commelina clavata
- Genus
- Commelina
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Wet areas in moist deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India incl. Andama, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malay peninsula, Java and Sumatra
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-December
- 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 Jalpipari itself; the rest are typical of the Commelinaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- जलपिपरी Jalpipari
- Bengali
- Panikanchira
- Tamil
- Thanneervittan
- Sanskrit
- Jalapippali
About Jalpipari
A member of the Commelinaceae family, Willow-leaved Day-flower (Commelina clavata) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra. It grows in wet areas in moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to December.
Commelinaceae
Spiderwort Family
Jalpipari belongs to the Commelinaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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