• Family : BORAGINACEAE
  (Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : BORAGINACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cordia macleodii Hook.f. & Thomson
• Vernacular name : Dhaiman, Dhaipala, Dhengun, Dahi palas (Hindi); Palandekku (Tamil); Pedda batava, Iriki (Telugu); Boralo, Baurlo, Ghanti, Boet (Oria); Dahipalas (Marathi)
• Habit : Tree
• Comments / notes : Rare in forests of Eastern Ghats.
• Flower, Fruit : February-August
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Chittoor district, Kurnool district
  • Karnataka : Mysuru district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district
• Native : India
• Endemism : India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cordia macleodii. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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