Small-Flowered Tongue-Lip
Rhynchoglossum obliquum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- July-November
How to identify Small-Flowered Tongue-Lip
Identify Small-Flowered Tongue-Lip 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: Asymmetrical (oblique) leaf base.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Blue.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Meghalaya and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Gesneriaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Small-Flowered Tongue-Lip.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Rhynchoglossum obliquum
- Genus
- Rhynchoglossum
- Family
- Gesneriaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Damp places in Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, China
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal, Kerala, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Small-Flowered Tongue-Lip itself; the rest are typical of the Gesneriaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Bluerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Small-Flowered Tongue-Lip itself; the rest are typical of the Gesneriaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Small-Flowered Tongue-Lip
Small-Flowered Tongue-Lip (Rhynchoglossum obliquum) is a herb in the Gesneriaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Karnataka and 8 other states. It grows in damp places in Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to November.
Gesneriaceae
Gesneria Family
Small-Flowered Tongue-Lip belongs to the Gesneriaceae family.
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