MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH425 : Cynoglossum zeylanicum (Lehm.) Brand |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | - |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Chikhaldara | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Boraginaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Ceylon Forget-Me-Not, Ceylon hound's tongue • Hindi: andhahuli • Kannada: amrada soppu • Malayalam: kayooram, mudichilooram • Marathi: lichardi • Nepali: bhede kuro, kanike kuro • Tamil: picin ottarai • Tangkhul: amrada thappu • Telugu: kada anthrinta | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Anchusa zeylanica Vahl ex Hornem. [Invalid] Cynoglossum furcatum Wall. ex Roxb. Cynoglossum furcatum f. albiflorum (H.Hara) Yonek. Cynoglossum furcatum var. villosulum (Nakai) Riedl Cynoglossum heynei G.Don Cynoglossum ovatum Moon Cynoglossum villosulum Nakai Cynoglossum zeylanicum Thunb. ex Lehm. [Invalid] Cynoglossum zeylanicum f. albiflorum H.Hara Echinospermum zeylanicum Lehm. |
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| Description : | Herbs, 70-80 cm tall. Flowers in racemes, pale blue with a dark blue centre. Nutlets 4, ovoid. Erect herbs, to 1 m tall, whole plant softly adpressed pubescent. Leaves alternate, 10-25 x 3-7 cm, oblong-lanceolate, acute at apex, cuneate at base; nerves to 5 pairs, prominent, arching, upper leaves smaller; petiole to 1 cm long, flat. Racemes 10-35 cm long, straight or arching. Flowers sessile, many; sepals 5, 2 mm long, spreading; corolla 3-5 mm across, blue, campanulate; stamens 5, inserted at the throat of the corolla tube; ovary 4-celled, style gynobasic. Fruit of 4 nutlets, 3-5 mm across, glochidiate. | |||||||||||||
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| Reference : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : |
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