Cordia subcordata Lam.

 
  • Family : BORAGINACEAE
    (Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Boraginaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Lithocardium subcordatum (Lam.) Kuntze; Cordia banalo Blanco; Cordia campanulata Roxb.; Cordia hexandra Roem. & Schult.; Cordia ignota Blanco; Cordia moluccana Roxb.; Cordia octandra A.DC.; Cordia orientalis R.Br.; Cordia prionodes Voigt; Cordia rumphii Blume; Cordia sebestena G.Forst.; Cordia serrata Roxb.; Gerascanthus moluccanus (Roxb.) Borhidi; Lithocardium moluccanum (Roxb.) Kuntze; Lithocardium octandrum (A.DC.) Kuntze; Lithocardium serratum Kuntze; Novella nigra Raf.; Sebestena rumphii (Blume) J.Presl
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cordia subcordata Lam.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forest
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Ramanathapuram district, Chennai district
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands, Galathea river mouth, Gol tikri, Chingenh in Great Nicobar Island
  • Native : Aldabra, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, Chagos Archipelago, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Hainan, Hawaii, Howland-Baker Islands, India, Jawa, Kenya, Lakshadweep Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Line Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Islands, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Islands, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Philippines, Phoenix Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake Island, Wallis-Futuna Islands
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Aldabra, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, Chagos Archipelago, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Hainan, Hawaii, Howland-Baker Islands, India, Jawa, Kenya, Lakshadweep Islands, Lesser Sunda Islands, Line Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Islands, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Islands, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Philippines, Phoenix Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake Island, Wallis-Futuna Islands
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 2.
    • Gamble 1957
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 211
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • B. K. Sinha. (1999). Flora of Great Nicobar Island (P. K. Hajra & P. S. N. Rao, Eds.). Botanical Survey of India.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cordia subcordata
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Cordia subcordata. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

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