Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Boraginaceae | Genus: Cordia | Species: Cordia dichotoma G.Forst.( लसोड़ा ) |
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Fruit |
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| Synonym | Cordia brownii A.DC., Cordia wallichii G.Don, Cordia latifolia Roxb | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Lasora, Gunda,Bahuar, Vad Gundo | Flower Type | Corymb |
| English / Trade Name | Fragrant Manjack, Snotty Gobbles, Glue Berry, Pink Pearl | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Lasora | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up To About 1500 M | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit conical when young, yellow and gloosy when ripe, ovoid, , usually 1-seeded, filled with a viscid sweetish pulp |
| Habitat | Found in a variety of forests ranging from the dry deciduous forest | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | India, Pakistan, Srilanka, Bhutan And Bangladesh | Bark Details | Bark ashy or brownish with shallow longituditional wrinkles |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | A dioecious tree up to 15 m tall. Leaves simple, elliptic-ovate to obovate, pubescent, base cuneate to oblique or rounded. Petiole long. Flowers in dichotomous cymes,ebracteate. Calyx shallowly 5-lobed, hairy to the inside. Corolla campanulate. Fruit a drupe yellowish-red. | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, elliptic-ovate to obovate, pubescent, base cuneate to oblique or rounded. Petiole long |
