Commelinaceae
Common yellow commelina
Commelina africana
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Commelina
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- وعلان أفريقي, كوملينا أفريقية
- Chinese
- 飯包草, 饭包草
- dag
- Fulumfulaa
- English
- Common yellow commelina, Yellow wandering Jew
Synonyms
- Commelina acuminata R.Br.
- Commelina africana var. africana
- Commelina africana var. polyclada Welw. ex C.B.Clarke
- Commelina bakueana A.Chev.
- Commelina benghalensis Forssk.
- Commelina divaricata Vahl
- Commelina edulis A.Rich.
- Commelina flava Salisb.
- Commelina hirsuta R.Br.
- Commelina lutea Moench
- Commelina polyclada Welw. ex C.B.Clarke
- Commelina prostrata Regel
- Commelina pyrrhoblepharis var. glabra Pic.Serm.
- Commelina saltiana Steud.
- Commelina subamplectens Hassk.
- Commelina turbinata Vahl
- Dirtea africana (L.) Raf.
- Hedwigia africana (L.) Medik.
- Stickmannia africana (L.) Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- October to April (from 734 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Henry de Lange, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.