Boraginaceae » Paracaryopsis lambertiana


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commonly known as: Lambert's borage • Marathi: हिरवी निसुर्डी hirvi nisurdi

at Kas, Satara, Maharashtra


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Reference: Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
... no references at all on internet !!! ... seems like information about this plant is endemic to FFOS, and the plant to Sahayadri !!!!  

--Last edited by dinesh valke on 2009-10-04 13:47:36 --

Great! Can you send a few lines of descrïption please?!

My friend Ryan thinks this to be Paracaryopsis coelestina (Common Hill Borage) ... so I can be mistaken.

... large erect perennial herb, 1-2 m ... branches and stems are green and hairy ... and depending on this identifier: flowers in forked terminal racemes.  

--Last edited by dinesh valke on 2008-10-01 13:49:18 --

Hmm... I was also trying to spot some difference between this and the Paracaryopsis coelestina we already have. Have to do some more scrutiny.
I don't know what a forked raceme means, but in the long shot, the stem doesn't appear green, in color.  

--Last edited by tabish on 2008-10-01 15:09:36 --

I agree Tabish, that the stem colour is not green through out; in fact it does look red which fits descrïption of P. coelestina.

I re-checked both the descrïptions, and I found that I unnecessarily stressed on "forked raceme" ... actually both species have that, I had overlooked that part.

Now, the descrïptions look almost same except for the colour of stems and branches, and size of leaves.

In FFOS, for P. lambertiana the illustration of flowers, and especially buds show white flowers unlike pinkish of P. coelestina in FOS  ... this visual difference must have got stuck in my mind.

So much said, I think my plant must be P. coelestina  

okay. Good that we saw the light of truth so fast! :-)

By the way, can't resist mentioning that the site now has more than 2000 flowers. And the site is only about 1200 days old!
Not bad! Cheers to all of us!  

--Last edited by tabish on 2008-10-02 00:01:48 --

Indeed CHEERS

yeeeeee yippieeeee...party!!

I believe this one must be Paracaryopsis lambertiana for sure.


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commonly known as: Lambert's borage • Marathi: हिरवी निसुर्डी hirvi nisurdi

near Lion's Point, Lonavala

Reference: FFOS

Dinesh, great job of deciphering this one! I will put it up shortly.

Thank you very much, Tabish

It is on the site now:
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Lambert%27s%20Borage.html