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The species has been eaten as a green vegetable by [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginals]]. European settlers also ate the plant to prevent [[scurvy]], giving rise the common name of scurvy grass.<ref name="CribbCribb1987">{{cite book|author1=A. B. Cribb|author2=Joan Winifred Cribb|author3=Charles McCubbin|title=Wild Food in Australia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YABvAAAACAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Fontana/Collins|isbn=978-0-00-636571-6}}</ref> | The species has been eaten as a green vegetable by [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginals]]. European settlers also ate the plant to prevent [[scurvy]], giving rise the common name of scurvy grass.<ref name="CribbCribb1987">{{cite book|author1=A. B. Cribb|author2=Joan Winifred Cribb|author3=Charles McCubbin|title=Wild Food in Australia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YABvAAAACAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Fontana/Collins|isbn=978-0-00-636571-6}}</ref> | ||
The species is a minor weed in some parts of its natural range.<ref>{{cite web|title=Commelina ensifolia|url=http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/plants/plants_t/JCUDEV_006255|website=Discover Nature at JCU|publisher=James Cook University Australia|accessdate=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://archive. | The species is a minor weed in some parts of its natural range.<ref>{{cite web|title=Commelina ensifolia|url=http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/plants/plants_t/JCUDEV_006255|website=Discover Nature at JCU|publisher=James Cook University Australia|accessdate=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140821031237/http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/discovernature/plants/plants_t/JCUDEV_006255|archive-date=21 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
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Commelina ensifolia, commonly known as scurvy weed, scurvy grass or wandering Jew,[1][2] is an annual herb native to Australia, India, and Sri Lanka.[3]
The species grows as a prostrate herb, producing roots from the stem at the nodes.[1] Flowers are bright blue with three petals, however one petal is much smaller than the others, often producing an appearance of two petals. The species prefers moist soils, but has a broad natural range, extending from coastal monsoon forest to the arid central deserts where it grows as an ephemeral following favourable rains.[1][2][4] The species has been eaten as a green vegetable by Aboriginals. European settlers also ate the plant to prevent scurvy, giving rise the common name of scurvy grass.[5]
The species is a minor weed in some parts of its natural range.[6]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Commelina ensifolia". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Commelina ensifolia". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ John Jessop; Australian Systematic Botany Society (1 January 1981). Flora of Central Australia. Reed.
- ↑ A. B. Cribb; Joan Winifred Cribb; Charles McCubbin (1987). Wild Food in Australia. Fontana/Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-636571-6.
- ↑ "Commelina ensifolia". Discover Nature at JCU. James Cook University Australia. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
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