Lasora / Indian Cherry
Cordia dichotoma
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- January-September
How to identify Lasora
Identify Lasora by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Sticky mucilaginous edible fruit (Indian cherry).
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-September.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Boraginaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Lasora.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cordia dichotoma
- Genus
- Cordia
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Pakistan
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, North Africa
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Telangana, Karnataka, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lasora itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lasora itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- लसोड़ा Lasora, seloo,गुंदी gundi
- 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
About Lasora
Indian Cherry (Cordia dichotoma) belongs to the Boraginaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and 20 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from January to September.
Uses
Locally it is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and harvested for fodder. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
In culture
It is used as an official or regional emblem.
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Lasora belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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