✿Commelinaceae · Tradescantia

Inchplant

Tradescantia zebrina

outdoor

Plant Details

Scientific name: Tradescantia zebrina
Genus: Tradescantia
Family: Commelinaceae
Found in India: Kerala, Maharashtra, Goa, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Delhi, Odisha, Telangana, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh
Conservation status: Not Evaluated (NE)

Leaf shape: OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“The stalked, parallel-veined leaves are mostly ovate, 4 to 10 cm long and 1.5 to 3 cm wide, pointed towards the tip, rounded to the base.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Leaf surface: PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“The leaf sheaths are thin and translucent, 8 to 12 mm long and 5 to 8 mm wide, at the mouth they are long, otherwise glabrous or slightly hairy.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Characters marked “recorded” are for Inchplant itself; the rest are typical of the Commelinaceae family.

Flower colour: Purple/pinkrecorded
Fruit type: CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“They form capsule fruits that contain gray-brown seeds.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Characters marked “recorded” are for Inchplant itself; the rest are typical of the Commelinaceae family — flowering plants only.

Inchplant (Tradescantia zebrina) belongs to the Commelinaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Goa and 18 other states.

In practice it is planted as an ornamental.

Botanical family

Spiderwort Family

Inchplant belongs to the Commelinaceae family.

The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.

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