Family: Ehretiaceae
Name: गूंदी
Species:

Date: 08.07.2009
Place: Mahavir Marg, Panch Batti, Sangram Colony, Ashok Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302001
Note: "Tree or shrub up to 9 m tall. Leaves 6-10.5 x 2-4 cm, elliptic oblong to oblanceolate, entire to ± undulate, coriaceous to scabrid, cuneate, obtuse, nerves impressed above, strigose to pubescent, especially in the axils of the nerves on the under surface. Calyx 3.5 mm long, tubular-campanulate, pubescent, accrescent, shallowly lobed; lobes obtuse. Corolla c. 5 mm long, white; lobes ± ligulate-obuse, reflexed. Filaments c. 1.8 mm long, glabrous. Anthers c. 1 mm long. Drupe 11 mm long, ovoid, mucronate, reddish-brown, longitudinally striate.
Fl.Per.: April-June.
Type: Arabia: Hadie, Forsskal s.n. det. as Cornus sanguinea, Forssk. (C).
Distribution: N. Africa, Arabia, Pakistan, India, Sri-Lanka.
The species is found in dry areas up to 300 m. Sometimes also grown in gardens or self"