Plant Details

Accepted name:: Commelina platyphylla Klotzsch ex Seub. [Commelinaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
santa lucía	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flowers		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Commelina balansae (C.B.Clarke) Herter Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 148 (1940).
Commelina platyphylla var. balansae C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 177 (1881).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Commelina platyphylla Klotz. ex Seub.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Commelina platyphylla Klotzsch ex Seub.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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