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On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Mayur Nandikar <[email protected]>wrote: > *Tradescantia spathacea** *Swartz, Prodr. 57. 1788; *Rhoeo discolor* > (L’Héritier) > Hance; *R. spathacea* (Swartz) Stearn; *Tradescantia discolor* L’Héritier. > ‘Boat lily, Moses-in-a-boat, Oyster lily’. > > Herbs perennial. Stems erect, often forming colonies, simple, > glabrous. Leaves alternate, sometimes seemingly spirally arranged, sessile; > leaf sheath sometimes pilose at mouth; leaf blade dark green adaxially, > purple abaxially, oblong-lanceolate, 20-40 × 3--6 cm, glabrous, somewhat > fleshy, base narrowed and semiclasping, apex acuminate. Flowers in axillary, > pedunculate, simple or forked, many-flowered umbels subtended by 2 large, > conduplicate, ovate bracts to 3 cm. Petals white, ovate, 5--8 mm, apex > abruptly acute. Seeds rugose. > > *Flowering:* Always > > *Distribution:* Naturalized all over world. Native to Caribbean region and > Central America. Widely cultivated as an ornamental in India. > > *Note: *The flower and leaf is used as folk medicine. This plant is also > known as *Rhoeo discolor *and more frequently in the horticulture trade as > *Rhoeo spathacea.* > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Commelinales & Zingiberales Week: Commelinales, Tradescantia spathacea >> Sw,, Prodr. 57. 1788 >> Syn: *Rhoeo discolor* (L'Hér.) Hance >> * Rhoeo spathacea* (Sw.) Stearn >> * Tradescantia discolor* L'Hér. >> >> Another common garden ornamental grown in pots and baskets in Delhi, with >> long red leaves and white flowers enclosed in large spathaceous bracts in >> the axils of leaves. Formerly known as Rhoeo discolor. >> >> Common Names: boat-lily, moses-in-the-cradle, oysterplant >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> > > > -- > Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, > Research Student, > Department of Botany, > Shivaji University, > Kolhapur. > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
