Andhahuli / Ceylon Hound's Tongue
Cynoglossum zeylanicum
Also known as Ceylon Forget Me Not
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- January-November
How to identify Andhahuli
Identify Andhahuli by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Burr-like nutlets that cling to fur/clothing (hound's tongue).
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point).
- Confirm flower colour: Blue/violet.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Punjab and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Boraginaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Andhahuli.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cynoglossum zeylanicum
- Genus
- Cynoglossum
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Afghanistan, Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Japan, Malaysia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Andhahuli itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Blue/violetrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Andhahuli itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- अन्धाहुली andhahuli
- Nepali
- कनिके कुरो Kanike kuro
- Tamil
- ಆಮ್ರದ ತಪ್ಪು amrada thappu
- Kannada
- ಆಮ್ರದ ಸೊಪ್ಪು amrada soppu
- Malayalam
- കയ്യൂരം kayooram, മുടിച്ചിലൂരം mudichilooram
- Marathi
- लिचर्डी lichardi
About Andhahuli
Ceylon Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum zeylanicum) belongs to the Boraginaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and 8 other states. It grows in deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from January to November.
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Andhahuli belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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