Cordia dichotoma

Short description: Species of plant

Cordia dichotoma

Cordia dichotoma leaves in Hyderabad, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Boraginales
Family:  | Boraginaceae
Genus:  | Cordia
Species:  |

C. dichotoma

Binomial name
Cordia dichotoma

G.Forst.[1]

Cordia dichotoma is a species of flowering tree in the borage family, Boraginaceae, that is native to the Indomalayan realm, northern Australia , and western Melanesia.[1]

Common names include fragrant manjack, snotty gobbles, cummingcordia, glue berry, anonang, pink pearl, bird lime tree, and Indian cherry in English; booch, लसोड़ा (lasoda), or gunda in Hindi; ਨਸੂੜੇ (lasoore) in Punjabi lasura in Nepali; गुंदा gunda in Gujarati; भोकर bhokar in Marathi; and 破布子 (phoà-pò·-chí), 樹子仔, or 樹子; ಚಳ್ಳೆ ಹಣ್ಣು challe hannu in Kannada; బంకనక్కర Bankanakkera in Telugu, nunang in Malay and Minangkabau, nonang in Maranao, and anúnang in Cebuano.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Habitat and range
* 3 Ecology
* 4 Uses
* 5 Symbolism
* 6 References

## Description

Cordia dichotoma is a small to moderate-sized deciduous tree with a short bole and spreading crown. The stem bark is greyish brown, smooth or longitudinally wrinkled. Flowers are short-stalked, bisexual, white in colour which open only at night. The fruit is a yellow or pinkish-yellow shining globose which turns black on ripening and the pulp gets viscid.

## Habitat and range

Cordia dichotoma is native to China (Fujian, Guangdong Guangxi, Guizhou, southeast Tibet, and Yunnan) the Ryukyu Islands of Japan , Taiwan, India , Pakistan , Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Philippines , Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Northern Territory and Queensland) and New Caledonia.[1] It is a tree of tropical and subtropical regions. It is found in a variety of forests ranging from the dry deciduous forests of Rajasthan to the moist deciduous forests of Western Ghats and tidal forests in Myanmar.

## Ecology

The larvae of the butterfly Arhopala micale feed on leaves of C. dichotoma.

## Uses

The immature fruits are pickled (see South Asian pickles) and are also used as a vegetable fodder. The leaves also yield good fodder. The seed kernel has medicinal properties. It is often cultivated for its fruits throughout the range of its natural distribution.

## Symbolism

It is the symbol of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province in Thailand.

A jar of Taiwanese Cordia dichotoma fruits with ginger

* Cordia dichotoma trunk in Hyderabad, India.

* Cordia dichotoma flowers in Hyderabad, India.

* Cordia dichotoma flowers in Hyderabad, India.

* Cordia dichotoma flowers in Hyderabad, India.

* Cordia dichotoma foliage.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Cordia dichotoma | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 2011-04-18 }}
2. ↑ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010). "*qaNuNaŋ a tree: Cordia dichotoma". Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. https://acd.clld.org/cognatesets/27627#4/7.67/113.31.

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