• Family : BORAGINACEAE
  (Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Boraginaceae
• Synonym(s) : Cordia obliqua Willd.; Cordia latifolia Roxb.; Cordia wallichii G.Don
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cordia dichotoma G.Forst.
• Common name : Indian Cherry
• Vernacular name :
  • Shleshmataka (Sanskrit)
  • Narullipazham, Viruksham, Perunaruvuli, Masumooki, Pazhan thekku, Kokkamani maram, Naamaviri (Tamil)
  • Bhokar (Marathi)
  • Iriki, Nakkeri, Bankiriki (Telugu)
  • Ambota, Dhuani, Goohalo (Oria)
  • Pasakamaram, Veerusham, Viri, Avi, Cheruthekku, Kokkamani, Periyaviri, Puzhuventhekku, Virimaram (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
• Comments / notes : On plains to 800m. Sometimes also planted in gardens. Fruits are edible and often pickled.
• Key identification features : Deciduous trees, up to 20 m high; branches drooping; Leaves ovate or orbicular, sinuate or crenate, coriaceous, sparsely hairy when young; Flowers in corymbose or paniculate cymes, white, fragrant; Berries ovoid, I-seeded, copious viscid pulpy.
• Flower, Fruit : January-September
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Sringeswara, Imran Baig
• Collection Date : 04/09/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-34
• Collection Locality : Polur Ghat, Javadu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Kannur district, Wayanad district,
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Sambalpur district, Puri district, Gajapati district, Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Salem district, Tiruvannamalai district, Dharmapuri district
  • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
  • Uttarakhand : Nainital district
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Delhi : Delhi
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Punjab : Punjab
  • Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lan
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, North Africa
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature :
  • 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
  • Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Karuppusamy 2014, Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
  • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
  • N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharastra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India
  • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
  • Prakasa Rao, J et al (2015). Tree additions to the flora of East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India. JoTT. 7 (12):7953-7957
  • Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book
  • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 186
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cordia dichotoma. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

Line Drawings

Field Image(s)

Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution