Scientific Name :
Cordia sebestena L.
Synonym :
Cordia speciosa Salisb.
Common Name : Scarlet Cordia, Lal Lasora, Lal zumbar
Plant Family : Boraginaceae
Habit : Tree
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : September to March
Flower Colour : Orange red
Description : Height: 5 to 8 m
Stem: Rough, grey and furrowed
Leaves: Ovate, acute apex, rough, alternate, 10 to 18 cm
Flowers: Calyx 4 tubular, ribbed and lobbed, petals scarlet 7 and funnel shaped stamens 5, calyx persistent
Inflorescence: Terminal racemes
Fruits: Drupe, fleshy, ovoid, 3 to 4 cm, white
Native/ Exotic : E
Locality : CH
Distribution Range : Florida (Keys) to Caribbean, Mexico to Venezuela.
Uses : Leaves used in polishing surfaces as they are rough
Leaves used in treatmen of fever, cough and bronchitis
