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Pahari lisora

Cordia crenata

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened plants listIUCN: Least Concern
Cordia crenata (Cordia crenata)

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Scientific name
Cordia crenata
Family
Cordiaceae, order Boraginales
Group
Plant
Conservation status
Least Concern

A hardy shrub of rocky hills.

  • Spot it Rounded leaves and small white flowers.
  • Home Rocky hills and scrub.
  • Food web Bees visit the flowers; birds eat the fruit.
  • Why it matters Feeds bees and birds, and holds rocky soil.
Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened plants of Rajasthan, for Ajmer and Phulwari sanctuary.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board gives its local name as Pahari lisora.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board describes it as a shrub or small tree of the Boraginaceae family.[2]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Plants of Rajasthan (55 plants) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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