Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Cynoglossum zeylanicum (Vahl) Thunb. ex Lehm.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Anchusa zeylanica Vahl ex Hornem. |
synonym | Cynoglossum coeruleum Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don |
synonym | Cynoglossum furcatum Wall. ex Roxb. |
synonym | Echinospermum zeylanicum (Vahl) Lehm. |
synonym | Rochelia zeylanica (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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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.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous to Evergreen Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Roadsides, hilly areas
Degraded forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Odisha, Tamil Nadu
Local Distribution
Assam
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia and China
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Idukki, Kollam, Malappuram, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Maharashtra: Ahmednagar, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg
Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga
Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Malapuram, Palakkad, Thrissur
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kanniyakumari, Namakkal, Nilgiri, Salem, Theni, Tirunelveli, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Cynoglossum denticulatum A.DC. var. zeylanicum (Vahl ex Hornem.) Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 157. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 900(632). 1923.
- Cynoglossum zeylanicum (Vahl ex Hornem.) Thunb. ex Lehm., Neue Schriften Naturf. Gen. Halle 3:20. 1817; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 266. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 185. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 295. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 460. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 303. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 303. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 44. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 439. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 261. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 205. 1999; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 103. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 202. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 550. 2009.
- Anchusa zeylanica Vahl ex Hornem., Hort. Hafn. 3. 1807.
- Cynoglossum furcatum Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 6. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 155. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 900(632). 1923.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
Information Listing > References
- Cynoglossum denticulatum A.DC. var. zeylanicum (Vahl ex Hornem.) Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 157. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 900(632). 1923.
- Cynoglossum zeylanicum (Vahl ex Hornem.) Thunb. ex Lehm., Neue Schriften Naturf. Gen. Halle 3:20. 1817; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 266. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 185. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 295. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 460. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 303. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 303. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 44. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 439. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 261. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 205. 1999; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 103. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 202. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 550. 2009.
- Anchusa zeylanica Vahl ex Hornem., Hort. Hafn. 3. 1807.
- Cynoglossum furcatum Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 6. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 155. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 900(632). 1923.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Boraginales |
Family | Boraginaceae |
Genus | Cynoglossum |
Species | Cynoglossum zeylanicum (Vahl) Thunb. ex Lehm. |
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