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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH154 : Paracaryum coelestinum (Lindl.) C.B.Clarke

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 315  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Lamiales
Family : Boraginaceae - Borage family
Genus : Paracaryum
Species : Paracaryum coelestinum
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Boraginaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Nisurdi, Common Hill Borage, Mahabaleshwar forget-me-not,
 
Synonym : Adelocaryum coelestinum (Lindl.) Brand
Cynoglossum coelestinum Lindl.
Paracaryopsis coelestina (Lindl.) R.R.Mill
Description : Common hill borage is a flower which looks like a beautiful white version of the famous blue Forget-Me-Not. The white, or pale blue flowers, 6-10 mm across, have a shape similiar to forget-me nots, but have a blue shaded center. It is an erect perennial herb, 1-2 m tall, with red stems and branches. Basal leaves are very large, up to 25 cm long, ovate-heart-shaped, carried on a foot long red stalks. Stem leaves are smaller, 5 cm long, carried on short stalks. Flowers are borne in forked racemes on branch ends. Common hill borage is native to India, found in Western Ghats.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :