Flowering : March - April. Fruit ripen: July - August
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Argyreia arborea Lour. |
| synonym | Bourreria glabra (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) G. Don |
| synonym | Cordia blancoi Vidal |
| synonym | Cordia brownii DC. |
| synonym | Cordia chamissoniana G. Don |
| synonym | Cordia domestica Roth |
| synonym | Cordia domestica var. evolutior (C. B. Cl.) M.R.Almeida |
| synonym | Cordia evolutior Gamble |
| synonym | Cordia fulvosa var. evolutior C. B. Cl. |
| synonym | Cordia fulvosa Wight |
| synonym | Cordia griffithii C. B. Cl. |
| synonym | Cordia indica Lam. |
| synonym | Cordia ixiocarpa F. Muell. |
| synonym | Cordia latifolia Cham. |
| synonym | Cordia officinalis Lam. |
| synonym | Cordia paniculata Roth |
| synonym | Cordia platyphylla Steud. |
| synonym | Cordia polygama Wall. |
| synonym | Cordia sebestena Forssk. |
| synonym | Cordia suaveolens Bl. |
| synonym | Cordia subdentata Miq. |
| synonym | Ehretia glabra Roth ex Roem. & Schult. |
| synonym | Gerascanthus fulvosus (Wight) A. Borhidi |
| synonym | Gerascanthus griffithii (C. B. Cl.) A. Borhidi |
| synonym | Gerascanthus latifolia (Cham.) M. Kuhlm. & Mattos |
| synonym | Gerascanthus latifolius (Cham.) A. Borhidi |
| synonym | Gerascanthus myxus (L.) A. Borhidi |
| synonym | Gerascanthus suaveolens (Bl.) A. Borhidi |
| synonym | Lithocardium fulvosum (Wight) Kuntze |
| synonym | Lithocardium griffithii (C. B. Cl.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Lithocardium platyphyllum (Steud.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Lithocardium suaveolens (Bl.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Lithocardium subdentatum (Miq.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Quarena indica (Lam.) Rafin. |
| synonym | Sebestena indica (Lam.) Rafin. |
| synonym | Varronia sinensis Lour. |
🗒 Common Names
| Assamese |
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| Mishing |
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| bodo |
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📚 Overview
📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Cyclicity
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
Morphology
Growth Form
Tree
A middle sized deciduous tree with drooping branches. Leaves are variable in shape, broad - ovate or elliptic-oblong, acute or acuminate, coriaceous, base rounded or cuneate.. Flowers white, small. Fruit conical when young, fragrant, yellow and glossy when ripe.Found through out Assam
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
Description
Global Distribution
India: Andaman & Nicobar Island Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu
Local Distribution
Throughout Assam
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
Unani
Traditional chinese medicine
Young leaves are used as vegetable; fruits are eaten, pickles are prepared from unripe fruits. Bark is medicinal.
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Unani, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=645
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=645 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=645
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=645
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Boraginales |
| Family | Boraginaceae |
| Genus | Cordia |
| Species | Cordia dichotoma G. Forster |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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