Cordia monoica Roxb.

 
  • Family : BORAGINACEAE
    (BORAGE FAMILY or FORGET-ME-NOT FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Boraginaceae
  • Species : Cordia monoica
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cordia monoica Roxb.
  • Vernacular name : Naruvizhi maram (Tam.); Bankeera, Panugeri (Tel.)
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0407
  • Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, Arun Singh R. & K.R.K.Swamy
  • Collection Date : 26/11/15
  • Collection Locality : Palamner forest range, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State
  • Habitat : Degraded deciduous forest
  • Key identification features : Young parts densely tomentose, leaves small, cystoliths (deposition of CaCo3). Flowers white in bunches, Fruits yellow, apiculate, 4-seeded.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : June-December
  • Comments : Occasional on foothills to 600 m in forest lands, wastelands, hedges and fields.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Tiruvannamalai district, Kuridimalai Hills (Coimbatore district), Pennagaram R.F. (Salem district), Gingee Hill (Villupuram district) (Tamil Nadu State); Chintala Forest (Prakasham district), Palamner R.F. (Chittoor district), Muchukota R.F., Penukonda Hills (Ananthapur district), Guntur district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Nellore district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Formosa, Philippines
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa 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 monoica. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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