Cynoglossum zeylanicum (Vahl) Brand

 
  • 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 IPNI) : Cynoglossum zeylanicum (Sw. ex Lehm.) Thunb. ex Brand
  • Common name : Ceylon Hound's Tongue, Ceylon Forget Me Not
  • Vernacular name :
    • Amarada soppu (Kannada)
    • Pisinottarai (Tamil)
    • Kada anthrinta (Telugu)
    • Tejraj (Oria)
    • Lakshamana (Sanskrit)
    • Kayooram, Mudichilooram (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 900m, on wayside, by river banks, in fallow fields etc.
  • Flower, Fruit : January-November
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy, Arun Singh
  • Collection Date : 09/12/2014
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-67
  • Collection Locality : Way to Melpatti, Jawadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district, (TN)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
    • Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mahbubnagar district
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district, Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagere district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
    • Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Balangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Kendujhar district, Khordha district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • World Distribution : India, Afghanistan, Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Japan, Malaysia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan
    • Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri
    • Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 187
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