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[Dinesh Valke]

Boraginaceae (forget-me-not family) » Cordia dichotoma
Synonyms: Cordia indica, Cordia myxa (popular), Varronia sinensis


KOR-dee-uh -- named for Valerius Cordus, 16th century German botanist
dy-KAW-toh-muh -- divided or forked in pairs


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


Edible use:

... the unripe fruits (as VEGETABLE) pickled in Konkan (and elsewhere in s-e Asia)
... the ripe fruits (as FRUIT) in rural area of Konkan

[Balkar Arya]

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On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 12:03 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Boraginaceae (forget-me-not family) » Cordia dichotoma
> Synonyms: Cordia indica, Cordia myxa (popular), Varronia sinensis
>
>
> KOR-dee-uh -- named for Valerius Cordus, 16th century German botanist
> dy-KAW-toh-muh -- divided or forked in pairs
>
>
> 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
>
>
> Edible use:
>>
>> ... the unripe fruits (as VEGETABLE) pickled in Konkan (and elsewhere in
>> s-e Asia)
>> ... the ripe fruits (as FRUIT) in rural area of Konkan
>
>
>
>

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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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