✿Commelinaceae · Tonningia
Kana / Creeping Cradle Plant
Tonningia axillaris
HerboutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Tropical Asia, Africa
- Flowering
- July-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Tonningia axillaris
- Genus
- Tonningia
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist places in degraded deciduous forests
- Native to
- Tropical Asia, Africa
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia, South China, Australia, Nepal and Introduced to Tropical Africa
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-January
- 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 Kana itself; the rest are typical of the Commelinaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- काना Kana
- Kannada
- Negalu kanne soppu
- Marathi
- बेचका Bechka
- Nepali
- तेने झार Tene Jhaar
- Tamil
- Vazhukai pul
- Telugu
- Golla gundi, Kodi kalu
About Kana
A member of the Commelinaceae family, Creeping Cradle Plant (Tonningia axillaris) is a herb. It is native to Tropical Asia, Africa. It grows in moist places in degraded deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to January.
Botanical family
Commelinaceae
Spiderwort Family
Kana belongs to the Commelinaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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