The cheery blue color of dayflowers (Commelina communis) - so named because each flower lasts but a day - does nothing to dispel some pity I feel for them. Not that the petals cry out for sympathy.
India (Deccan): leaves boiled in water and eaten mixed with salt and chile peppers. Also, the branches are threshed, yielding black seeds which are ground into flour for bread; (Rajasthan, western): ...
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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Chloride concentrations in longitudinal files of cells across the root of Commelina communis have been determined. Vacuolar sap was taken from ...
Scientists have discovered how two closely-related species of Asiatic dayflower can coexist in the wild despite their competitive relationship. Through a combination of field surveys and artificial ...
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Papua New Guinea (Southern Highlands Province): leaves eaten by the Wola people.
44 x 58 in. (111.8 x 147.3 cm.) ...
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