Mandarin: 细竹篙草 (xi zhu gao cao)

Kingdom: Plantae (1919)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1830)

    Class: Liliopsida (286)

      Order: Commelinales (14)

        Family: Commelinaceae (14) (family description)

          Genus: Murdannia (1)

           Epithet: simplex (Vahl) Brenan (2)

simplex => of one piece or series (opposed to compound)

Climate: tropical

Habitat: hydrophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: pink, white

Check for Murdannia simplex at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

• [1613] Murdannia simplex - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.

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