Cynoglossum lanceolatum Forssk
Erect biennial or perennial herbs . Leaves alternate , oblong lanceolate ,the radicle petioled the cauline sessile . Flowers in elongated sparingly branched or loosely paniculate racemes , purple or blue , ultimately distant ; bracts 0 . Calyx 5 lobed , spreading in fruit sometimes enlarged . Corolla-tube short , with obtuse , imbricate in bud little curved ; fruit a depressed pyramid of 4 nutlets adnate to conic-based carpophore . Seeds straight or little curved ; cotyledons flattened ; radicle short .
- Family: Boraginaceae
- Habit: An erect much branched biennial or perennial herb , growing upto 1.2m tall .
- Habitat: Montane grasslands , ravine forests , on river banks , Stream sides , grassy hill slides , cultivated grounds .
- Status : Least Concern
Vernacular names
English - Lanceleaf forget - me – not
Hindi - Andhahuli
Malayalam - Kayooram
Tamil - Picinottarai
Kannada - Kada anthrinda
Medicinal Uses
* Anti-inflammatory , analgesic , Acute toxicity
(Yu et al., 2012) .
* Diaphoretic (a colic medicine for children) .
* Crushed plant is applied to wounds as a plaster .
* Roots used in treatment of eye ailments .
* A vermiguge against tapeworm.
