Cordia dichotoma , glue berry

Cordia dichotoma
Family - Boraginaceae
Common name - glue berry 

☘️Fruit is yellow or pinkish - yellow shining globose which turns black on ripening and the pulp gets viscid sweetish transparent pulp surrounding a central stony part.

☘️Jelly like layer around the seed, has an unusual glue - like stickness.

☘️Seed kernel contains high proportion of fatty acids and proteins.

ЁЯМ╕The larvae of the butterfly Arhopala micale feed on leaves.

ЁЯМ╕Medicinal uses - A decoction of stem, bark is taken for diarrhoea.

Place - Athagarh, Odisha

Sugimani Marndi
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Odisha

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