Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Boraginaceae | Genus: Sericostoma | Species: Sericostoma pauciflorum Stocks ex Wight( लगगेरा ) |
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| 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. |
