Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R.Hunt | |
Commelinaceae | |
Spiderwort | |
| Botanical Name | Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R.Hunt |
| Synonyms | Setcreasea pallida Rose; Setcreasea jaumavensis Matuda |
| Family | Commelinaceae |
| Common Name | English: Spider wort, Purple Heart / Tamil: -- |
| Distribution | Global: Native to Mexico. Ornamental in Tropical countries. Indian: Throughout India |
| Description | Evergreen perennial succulent sprawling herb, stem fleshy. Bright purple leaves, alternate, sharply pointed, entire leaf margin, sessile, covered with soft and fine hairs. Inflorescence cyme. Flower trimerous, light pink colour with three petals, ovate arranged in a triangle, bract 2 set at the base. Flowers opens only in the morning. Stamens 6, with 3 epipetalous and 3 adherents to the margin, glabrous. Fruit are glabrous capsule, seeds very small. |
| Flowering Fruiting period | Throughout the year |
| Uses | Ornamental in garden, border plant and indoor pot plant. Plant used for phytoremediation process. |
| Medicinal Uses | Traditionally used as an anti-inflammatory, anti-toxic supplement and used for blood circulation. |
| Tamil Name | Spiderwort |