Cynoglossum lanceolatum Forsk.

 
  • Family : BORAGINACEAE
    (Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Boraginaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Cynoglossum lanceolatum subsp. eulanceolatum Brand; Paracynoglossum lanceolatum (Forssk.) R.R.Mill; Cynoglossum abyssinicum Hochst. ex Engl.; Cynoglossum borbonicum var. adscendens A.DC.; Cynoglossum canescens Willd.; Cynoglossum formosanum f. albiflorum Masam.; Cynoglossum hirsutum Thunb.; Cynoglossum hispidum Jacq. ex Desf.; Cynoglossum lanceolatum f. albiflorum (Masam.) Yonek.; Cynoglossum lanceolatum var. comoranum Brand; Cynoglossum lanceolatum var. hirsutum (Thunb.) A.DC.; Cynoglossum micranthum Poir.; Cynoglossum micranthum var. decurrens Trimen; Cynoglossum platyphyllum Klotzsch; Cynoglossum racemosum Roxb.; Cynoglossum rochelia A.DC.; Cynoglossum vesiculosum Wall. ex G.Don; Echinospermum paniculatum E.Mey. ex A.DC.; Rochelia asperata Bojer ex DC.; Rochelia borboniae Roem. & Schult.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cynoglossum lanceolatum Forssk.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Lakshamana (Sanskrit)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Key identification features : Hispid herbs; stems erect, up to 90 cm high; Leaves lanceolate, crenulate, scabrous, hairs tuberculate
  • Flower, Fruit : August- January
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Rudraprayag district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, China, Comoros, Congo, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, China, Comoros, Congo, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 187
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cynoglossum lanceolatum. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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