Tradescantia spathacea, commonly called Moses origin from Guatemala, southern Mexico and Belize. It is widely grown in tropical areas because of its attractive foliage. It is commonly grown in the West Indies. It has shown invasive tendencies by escaping gardens and naturalizing in parts of Louisiana and Florida. It belongs to the family commelinaceae. It typically grows as a 6 narrow, spirally arranged, linear-lanceolate, s undersides. Plants will spread to form a dense ground cover over time.

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... White flowers in axillary cymes are enclosed by long lasting, boat-shaped, purple bracts, hence the common Flowers are followed by fruit (3-celled capsules). This plant is easily grown indoors in pots or containers. Genus name was given in honor of John Tradescant, a English horticulturist and plant phytochemicals in the leaves extract of Tradescantia spathacea was done using ethanol and it was used for testing the presence of various phytoche