Virimaram / Sandpaper Saucerberry
Cordia monoica
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Telangana
- Flowering
- October-April
How to identify Virimaram
Identify Virimaram 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: Sandpapery leaf texture.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Telangana.
- Confirm it sits within the Boraginaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Virimaram.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cordia monoica
- Genus
- Cordia
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Scrub and deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India, Malaysia to Formosa and Philippines, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Telangana
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-April
- 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 Virimaram 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 Virimaram itself; the rest are typical of the Boraginaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Virimaram, Mookattakkai, Mookalapazham, Pasakaimaram
About Virimaram
Sandpaper Saucerberry (Cordia monoica) belongs to the Boraginaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Telangana. It grows in scrub and deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from October to April.
Boraginaceae
Borage family
Virimaram belongs to the Boraginaceae family.
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