About Indian Cherry
Cordia dichotoma is a species of flowering tree in the family Cordiaceae, that is native to the Indomalayan realm, northern Australia, and western Melanesia. Common names in English include fragrant manjack, clammy cherry, glue berry tree and Indian cherry.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cordia dichotoma
- Genus
- Cordia
- Family
- BORAGINACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Native to
- India, Pakistan
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, North Africa
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- लसोड़ा Lasora, seloo, गुंदी
- Bengali
- Bahubara, Boch
- Tamil
- naruvili, citam, naruvali
- Telugu
- bankanakkera, chinna-nakkeru, botgiri
- Kannada
- ಚಳ್ಳೆ Challe, ಹಾದಿಗೆ Haadige, ದೊಡ್ಡಚೆಲ್ಲು Doddachallu
- Malayalam
- Naruvari, നറുവരി
- Marathi
- Bhokar, Shelu, भोकर
Botanical family
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Indian Cherry belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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