Paracaryum coelestinum
Paracaryum coelestinum
Paracaryum coelestinum
MH154 : Paracaryum coelestinum (Lindl.) C.B.Clarke
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 315 |
| Synonym | : | Adelocaryum coelestinum (Lindl.) Brand;
Cynoglossum coelestinum Lindl.; Paracaryopsis coelestina (Lindl.) R.R.Mill; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Nisurdi, Common Hill Borage, Mahabaleshwar forget-me-not, |
| Plant Family | : | Boraginaceae |
| 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Common%20Hill%20Borage.html
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| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Lamiales |
| Family | : Boraginaceae - Borage family |
| Genus | : Paracaryum |
| Species | : Paracaryum coelestinum |