Netha Kina / Crested Cat Ears
Cyanotis cristata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- July-November
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cyanotis cristata
- Genus
- Cyanotis
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grasslands, degraded forest areas and wastelandS
- Distribution
- Ethiopia, Socotra, Mauritius, China, Indo-Malesia and introduced in Caribbean islands
- Found in India
- Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Puducherry
- 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 Netha Kina itself; the rest are typical of the Commelinaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- सानो काने Saano Kaane, काने झार
- Tamil
- வழுக்கை புல்
- Telugu
- Netha kina
- Malayalam
- കുടുമനീലി
- Marathi
- नभाळी Nabhali, नभाळी
About Netha Kina
Crested Cat Ears (Cyanotis cristata) is a herb in the Commelinaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and 16 other states. It grows in grasslands, degraded forest areas and wastelandS. Flowering and fruiting run from July to November.
Commelinaceae
Spiderwort Family
Netha Kina belongs to the Commelinaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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