• 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) : Ehretia laevis Roxb.
• Vernacular name : Aadaali (Tamil); Karukamaram (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Dry deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional on higher hills
• Flower, Fruit : July-February
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Kadapa district, Krishna district, Chittoor district
  • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : Villipuram district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Salem district, Tiruvannamalai district
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• 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=Ehretia pubescens. Downloaded on 5 June 2025.

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