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কানশিরা / বুনো ফুল/আগাছা
কানছিড়া/কানশিরা/ ঢোলপাতা/ কানাইবাঁশি

বুনো ফুল/আগাছা
কানছিড়া/কানশিরা/ ঢোলপাতা/ কানাইবাঁশি

ইংরেজি: Benghal dayflower, tropical spiderwort, or wandering Jew, commelina, dew flower, hairy commelina, hairy wandering Jew, Indian dayflower, jio

বৈজ্ঞানিক নাম: Commelina benghalensis

উষ্ণমণ্ডলীয় এশিয়া ও আফ্রিকার উদ্ভিদ। এর ভেষজগুণ আছে। গ্লু এবং এন্টিসেপ্টিক হিসেবে কাজ করে। ঢোলপাতায় নীল রঙের তিন পাপড়ির ফুল হয়।

Scientific Name
Commelina benghalensis L.

Family
Commelinaceae

Origin
Native to Africa (i.e. Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Congo, Rwanda, Benin, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland), the Arabian Peninsula (i.e. Saudi Arabia), the Indian Sub-continent (i.e. Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), southern China, Japan and south-eastern Asia (i.e. Indo-china, Indonesia and the Philippines).

Naturalised Distribution
Widely naturalised in Australia, but primarily found in the northern and eastern parts of the country. It is widespread in Queensland and naturalised in northern New South Wales (i.e. north from the Comboyne area) and the northern parts of the Northern Territory.

Also naturalised on Christmas Island and in many other parts of the world.

Notes
This species is regarded as an environmental weed in south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales. Hairy commelina (Commelina benghalensis) is listed among the top 200 invasive plants in south-eastern Queensland and is a common weed of waterways and riparian areas in this region.

It has also invaded conservation areas in northern New South Wales (e.g. the Ballina Nature Reserve) and is an important weed of crops in eastern Australia.