Boraginaceae Week :: Cordia dichotoma along Ghodbunder Road and Kumbharli Ghat

[Dinesh Valke]

Cordia dichotoma G.Forst.

• KOR-dee-uh -- named for Valerius Cordus, 16th century German botanist
  dy-KAW-toh-muh -- divided or forked in pairs
  ... Dave's Botanary
  

Jun 28, 2008 ... along Ghodbunder Road, Thane, Maharashtra

commonly known as: bird lime tree, clammy cherry, fragrant manjack, Indian cherry, Sebesten plum • Assamese: goborsuta • Bengali: bahubara • Gujarati: વદો ગુંદો vado gundo • Hindi: बहूआर bahuar, गुन्दा gunda, लसोड़ा lasora • Kannada: ಚಳ್ಳೆ ಹಣ್ಣು challe hannu • Malayalam: നറുവേലി naruveeli, വിരശം virasam, വിരി viri • Marathi: भोकर bhokar, गोंदणी gondani, गोंधण gondhan • Sanskrit: बहुक bahuka, बहुवारः bahuvaraha, उद्दलक uddalaka • Tamil: நறுவல்லி naru-valli, விரிசு viricu • Telugu: నెక్కర nekkara, శ్లేష్మాతకము slesmatakamu, విరిగి virigi • Urdu: سپستان sipistan

Native to: China, eastern Asia, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, northern Australia, south-western Pacific

References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • PIER • World Agroforestry Centre • efloraofindia • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar


more views:

• Jun 28, 2008 ... along Ghodbunder Road, Thane, Maharashtra
  
• Mar 5, 2011 ... along Kumbharli Ghat, Maharashtra
  
• Mar 22, 2009 ... Nagla forest (part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park), Maharashtra
  

... more views on flickr.

Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Nice ones Dinesh ji

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[Nidhan Singh]

Really amazing pics....thanks for presenting very nicely..
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Dr. Nidhan Singh
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