Koliary / Ceylon Hydrolea
Hydrolea zeylanica
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- August-May
How to identify Koliary
Identify Koliary 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.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Hydrophyllaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Koliary.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hydrolea zeylanica
- Genus
- Hydrolea
- Family
- Hydrophyllaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Wet places
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Native to
- Asia, Australia
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-May
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Koliary
- Bengali
- Isa-langulia, Kasschra, কাসরা
- Tamil
- Vellel
- Malayalam
- ചെരുവല്ലെല Cheruvallel, ജലനീലി
- Marathi
- पोपटी Popti, केरिती Keriti
About Koliary
Ceylon Hydrolea (Hydrolea zeylanica) is a herb in the Hydrophyllaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal and 14 other states. It grows in wet places. Flowering and fruiting run from August to May.
Hydrophyllaceae
Waterleaf Family
Koliary belongs to the Hydrophyllaceae family.
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