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.
🌸The larvae of the butterfly Arhopala micale feed on leaves.
🌸Medicinal uses – A decoction of stem, bark is taken for diarrhoea.
Place – Athagarh, Odisha
Sugimani Marndi
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Odisha