• Family : BORAGINACEAE
  (Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : BORAGINACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Not found in The Plant List
• Vernacular name : Paani biraja (Oria)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : On plains along waysides and in fallow fields
• Comments / notes : Uncommon in open situations in deciduos forests
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy & Arun Singh
• Collection Date : 13/09/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-0197
• Collection Locality : Toppur to Melpatti road, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Guntur district
  • Maharashtra : Dhule district, Pune district, Solapur district
  • Odisha : Sambalpur district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Coimbatore district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Heliotropium zeylanicum subsp. zeylanicum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)