Canscora diffusa
Summary 4
Canscora diffusa is a plant species in the genus Canscora. Diffutidin and diffutin are flavans, a type of flavonoid, found in C. diffusa.
Description 5
Annuals, to 30 cm tall, glabrous throughout. Stems branched from base, lower internodes winged, upper subterete. Leaves sessile; basal leaves ovate to broadly lanceolate, 1.8-2.4 × 0.8-1.8 cm, base truncate to cuneate, apex acute; veins 3-5, slender. Cymes lax, spreading; bracts to 2 × 0.5 mm. Pedicel to 1 mm, narrowly winged. Calyx to 5 mm; tube narrowly cylindric, to 3.5 mm; lobes linear-lanceolate, to 1.5 mm, apex acuminate. Corolla pale purple to pink, salverform, tube to 8 mm; lobes oblong, 2.5-5 mm. Fertile stamens 2 or 3, shorter than corolla tube. Sterile stamens 1 or 2, ca. as long as tube. Capsules linear-ovoid, 4-6 mm.
Distribution 6
"Found along the river banks, fallow fields from plains to 800m. Common. Tropical Africa, S. & S.E.Asia to Australia."
Elevation range 7
150-750 m
Flower and fruit 8
Oct-April
Sources and Credits
- (c) satish nikam, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/wwwssncomphotos/9551636709/
- (c) Marco Schmidt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14&id=264
- (c) Dinesh Valke, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/1843034008/
- Adapted by Chandan Pandey from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canscora_diffusa
- (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/4999230
- (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26333015
- (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/4999229
- (c) Chandan Pandey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
