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Alegría Village Community, en Eco-village in the hills of San Mateo, Costa Rica.

Commelina difussa

Common Name

Climbing dayflower

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COMELINACEAE

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Spanish Name

Siempreviva, Hierba del pollo

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  • Grows well under shade in moist places. It is a ornamental ground cover.
  • Used to heal swelling, treatment of urinary tract infection and respiratory tract infections, diarrhea, enteritis, and hemorrhoids. Also in fever, malaria, insect, bug bites, rheumatoid arthritis, gonorrhea, influenza, and bladder infections.
  • Pollinated by bees and wasps. PROPAGATION: Stem cuttings.