• Family : BORAGINACEAE
  (BORAGE FAMILY or FORGET-ME-NOT FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Boraginaceae
• Species : Cordia dichotoma
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cordia dichotoma G.Forst.
• Common name : Indian Cherry
• Vernacular name : Viruksham, Perunaruvuli, Masumooki, Narulli pazham (Tam.); Iriki, Nakkeri, Bankiriki (Tel.); Ambota, Dhuani, Goohalo (Ori.); Shleshmataka (San.)
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-34
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R., A.N.Sringeswara, Imran Baig
• Collection Date : 09/04/14
• Collection Locality : Polur Ghat, Javadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu State
• Habitat : Deciduous forest
• Key identification features : A medium-sized tree with a short crooked trunk. Bark silver-grey and fissured. Leaves are simple, ovate-orbicular. Flowers are small (less than 1 cm), white, fragrant and are borne on small branched cymes. Fruits are pink when ripe with a viscid sweetish transparent pulp surrounding a central hard part.
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : March-September
• Comments : On plains to 800 m. Sometimes also planted in gardens. Fruits are edible and young ones often pickled.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Bellary district, Kolar district (Karnataka State); Coimbatore district, Salem district, Hoganekkal R.F. (Dharmapuri district), Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, West Godavari district, Kurnool district, East Godavari district, Kadapa district, Anantapur district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State); Sambalpur district, Puri district, Ganjam district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : North Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Cordia dichotoma. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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