Kanjuna / Swamp Dayflower
Commelina paludosa
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- August-December
How to identify Kanjuna
Identify Kanjuna 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: Grows in swampy wetland habitats.
- Confirm flower colour: Blue.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Assam and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Commelinaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kanjuna.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Commelina paludosa
- Genus
- Commelina
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Himalayas, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Malay Isalands, South China, Taiwan, Tibet
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Assam, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Manipur
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
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 Kanjuna itself; the rest are typical of the Commelinaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Kanjuna, Chhura, Churra
- Bengali
- Jatakanchura
- Kannada
- Kanjura
- Marathi
- Keni
About Kanjuna
Swamp Dayflower (Commelina paludosa) belongs to the Commelinaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and 12 other states. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to December.
Commelinaceae
Spiderwort Family
Kanjuna belongs to the Commelinaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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