Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Boraginaceae | Genus: Cordia | Species: Cordia sinensis Lam.( गूंदी ) |
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| Synonym | Cordia gharaf (Forsk.) Ehrenb. & Aschers., Cornus gharaf Forsk., Cordia rothii Roem. & Schult. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Goondi | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Grey Leaved Saucer berry | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Goondi | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 800 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a drupe, ovoid, apiculate by the persistent style base, seated on the saucer-shaped, orange or reddish-brown when ripe with a gelatinous, pellucid, edible pulp. |
| Habitat | Species prefers dry climate | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | Trop. Africa, Arabia, Abyssina Ceylon, India (Kerela, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan.) | Bark Details | Bark grey, furrowed |
| Distribution in Haryana | , Gurgaon, Kaithal, M. Garh, Mewat, Rewari | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | A shrub or a small tree, up to 8 tall, bark grey, furrowed. Leaves opposite or subopposite, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse or rounded at apex, rarely notched, cuneate, sometimes unequal at base shortly pubescent on both surfaces, scabrid and rough at length, margins entire or coarsely crenate. Flower small, in lax, terminal or axillary pedunculate cymes; Calyx oblong-campanulate, shortly silky-hairy inside; lobes small, obtuse. corolla white, lobes more or less equal to tube, oblong, obtuse, reflexed; stamens inserted on the corolla throat; style arms narrowly clavate. Fruit a drupe, ovoid, apiculate by the persistent style base, seated on the saucer-shaped, orange or reddish-brown when ripe with a gelatinous, pellucid, edible pulp. | Leaf Details | Leaves opposite or subopposite, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse or rounded at apex, rarely notched, cuneate, sometimes unequal at base shortly pubescent on both surfaces, scabrid and rough at length, margins entire or coarsely crenate. |
