Kansura / Nakedstem Dewflower
Murdannia nudiflora
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- August-November
How to identify Kansura
Identify Kansura 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: Flowers on a mostly leafless (naked) stalk.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple/pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Rajasthan and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Commelinaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kansura.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Murdannia nudiflora
- Genus
- Murdannia
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grasslands and moist places of plains
- Distribution
- India, Himalayas, Myanmar, China, Japan, Malesia, Nepal, Africa
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Manipur, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Odisha, Tripura
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-November
- 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
- Purple/pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kansura itself; the rest are typical of the Commelinaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Kansura
- Malayalam
- Tali-pullu, താലിപ്പുല്ല്
About Kansura
Nakedstem Dewflower (Murdannia nudiflora) belongs to the Commelinaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal and 21 other states. It grows in grasslands and moist places of plains. Flowering and fruiting run from August to November.
Commelinaceae
Spiderwort Family
Kansura belongs to the Commelinaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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