Plant Synonyms
Cordia blancoi S.Vidal in Revis. Pl. Vasc. Filip.: 192 (1886)
Cordia blancoi var. mollis Merr. in Publ. Bur. Sci. Gov. Lab. 35: 61-62 (1905)
Cordia brownii A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 499 (1845)
Cordia dichotoma var. brunnea Kurz in Forest Fl. Burma 2@ 208 (1877)
Cordia griffithii C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 139 (1883)
Cordia indica Lam. in Encycl. 7: 49 (1806)
Cordia ixiocarpa F.Muell. in Fragm. 1: 59 (1858)
Cordia latifolia Roxb. in Fl. Ind. 2: 330 (1824)
Cordia loureiroi Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 465 (1819)
Cordia myxa var. ixiocarpa (F.Muell.) Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 543 (1928)
Cordia obliqua Willd. in Phytographia 1: 4 (1794)
Cordia obliqua var. tomentosa Kazmi in J. Arnold Arbor. 51(2): 143 (1970), nom. superfl.
Cordia obliqua var. wallichii (G.Don) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 137 (1883)
Cordia premnifolia Ridl. in J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 68: 12 (1915)
Cordia suaveolens Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 843 (1826)
Cordia subdentata Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 571 (1861)
Cordia tomentosa Wall. in W.Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 2: 339 (1824)
Cordia tremula Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 479 (1862)
Cordia wallichii G.Don in Gen. Hist. 4: 379 (1837)
Gerascanthus dichotomus (G.Forst.) Borhidi in Acta Bot. Hung. 34: 404 (1988)
Gerascanthus griffithii (C.B.Clarke) Borhidi in Acta Bot. Hung. 34: 405 (1988)
Gerascanthus suaveolens (Blume) Borhidi in Acta Bot. Hung. 34: 407 (1988)
Lithocardium griffithii (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 977 (1891)
Lithocardium platyphyllum Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 977 (1891)
Lithocardium suaveolens (Blume) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 977 (1891)
Lithocardium subdentatum Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 977 (1891)
Lithocardium tremulum (Griseb.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 977 (1891)
Sebestena indica (Lam.) Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 38 (1838)
Varronia integerrima Stokes in Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 424 (1812)
Varronia sinensis Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 138 (1790)
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common Names | fragrant manjack, clammy cherry, glue berry tree and Indian cherry, bhokar, lasura, lashuda, gond and shlesmataka. fragrant manjack, clammy cherry, glue berry tree and Indian cherry |
- The bark of C. dichotoma is combined with the rind of a pomegranate, it relieves diarrhea.
- Bark of the plant is traditionally used to cure ulcerative colitis and bark paste has also been used to treat spider poisoning and eruptive boils.
Source: Phytochemistry, and Pharmacological Efficacy of Cordia Dichotoma G. Forst. (Lashuda): A Therapeutic Medicinal Plant of Himachal Pradesh. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 153, (2022): 113400
Citations
Wikipedia. 2024. "Cordia Dichotoma." Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified June 12, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordia_dichotoma.
Raghuvanshi, Disha, Kiran Sharma, Rachna Verma, Dinesh Kumar, Harsh Kumar, Azhar Khan, Marian Valko et al. "Phytochemistry, and Pharmacological Efficacy of Cordia Dichotoma G. Forst. (Lashuda): A Therapeutic Medicinal Plant of Himachal Pradesh." Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 153, (2022): 113400. Accessed June 25, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2022.113400.
Cordia dichotoma. (2024, June 12). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordia_dichotoma