Botanical Name :- Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. ,
Family :- Boraginaceae.
Synonyms :- Cordia brownii A.DC., Cordia griffithii C.B.Clarke, Cordia indica Lam., Cordia latifolia Roxb., Cordia loureiroi Roem. & Schult., Cordia lowriana Brandis, Cordia oblique Willd ,Cordia premnifolia Ridl., Cordia suaveolens Blume, Varronia sinensis Lour.
Regional Name :- English: Sebesten, Hindi : Lasora, Lisodaa, Punjabi : Lasuda, Assamese : Dilk, Bengali : Bahnaree, Bahuvar, Gujrati : Gundaavada, Gundaa, Kannada : Challekaayi, Malayalam : Naruvari, Naruviri, Marrathi : Bhonkar, Tamil : Naruvili, Narivilee, Telgu : Nakkera.
Part Used :- Fruit.
Description :- Lasora is consists of dried, ripe fruits of a medium sized tree with short crooked trunk with drooping branches, distributed throughout warmer parts of India. Fruits are conical with acute apex, up to 2 cm in length and 1.5 cm in diameter, occasionally with attached calyx and pedicel, greyish brown to dark brown, surface shrunken, hard to break; odour, specific; taste, indistinct.
Phytoconstituents :- The fruits contain sugar, gum, β-sitosterol, palmitic, stearic and oleic acids.
Ayurvedic Properties :- Rasa : Madhura, Tikta, Kasaya, Guna : Laghu, Ruksa Snigdha, Guru, Virya : Sita, Vipaka : Katu, Madhura, Karma : Pittahara, Kaphahar, Vrsya, Rucya, Caksusya,
Ayurvedic Applications :- Jvara, Kasa, Krmi , Pratisyaya, Raktadosa, Raktapitta, Sukradaurbalya, Svasa, Trsna, Upadamasa, Vatapittajanya, Vikara.
Medicinal Uses :- Lasora fruits are used in the treatment of dyspepsia, fever, ringworm, Worm infestation, ulcers, prolapsed of uterus/vagina, headache, affection of urinary passage, Blood disorders, diseases of lungs and spleen. It is useful in dry cough, Asthma, catarrh, coryza, chronic bronchitis, Syphilis, influenza and in burning micturition.