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Family: Boraginaceae	Genus: Sericostoma	Species: Sericostoma pauciflorum Stocks ex Wight( लगगेरा )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym		Flower Color	White
Common Name	Laggera	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Laggera	Flowering Period	Jan-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name	Laggera	Fruiting Period	Jan-Dec
Altitude	up to 800 m	Fruit Type	Nut
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Fruit a nut, erect, slightly concave, brown, ovoid, back rugulose, minutely tuberculate.
Habitat	Usually found in sandy areas.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	India and Pakistan	Bark Details	Green, smooth and hairy
Distribution in Haryana	Bhiwani, M. Garh, Mewat, Palwal, Rewari	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Lence shaped
Description of Species	A shrub up to 50 cm tall. Stem and branches scabrid appressed hairs arising from a swollen base, usually glabrescent with age. Leaves sessile, entire, lanceolate, hairy an both surfaces; hairs similar to those on stem. Flowers bracteate, usually in axillary or terminal clusters of 2–4 flowers; bracts leafy, but smaller. Calyx with appressed strigose hairs; lobes lanceolate. Corolla white, tubular, lobes oblong, margin crisp, lower half hairy; throat densely vinous with pale yellow hairs. Stamens subexserted, alternating with the lobes; filaments dilated towards base; anthers narrow oblong; stigma sub-capitate. Fruit a nut, erect, slightly concave, brown, ovoid, back rugulose, minutely tuberculate.	Leaf Details	Leaves sessile, entire, lanceolate, hairy an both surfaces; hairs similar to those on stem.

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