Cordia monoica

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Sandpaper saucer-berry
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Cordia monoica, illustration from the species description
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Cordia
Species:
C. monoica
Binomial name
Cordia monoica
Roxb.
Synonyms [1]
  • Cordia bakeri Britten
  • Cordia dioica Bojer ex A.DC.
  • Cordia diversa Thwaites
  • Cordia kabarensis De Wild.
  • Cordia obovata Baker [Illegitimate]
  • Cordia ovalis R.Br. ex A.DC.
  • Cordia polygama Roxb.
  • Cordia quarensis Gürke
  • Cordia rubra Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Gerascanthus bakeri (Britten) Borhidi
  • Gerascanthus dioicus (Bojer ex A.DC.) Borhidi
  • Gerascanthus monoicus (Roxb.) Borhidi [Invalid]
  • Lithocardium monoicum Kuntze
  • Lithocardium ovale Kuntze

Cordia monoica, the sandpaper saucer-berry, or snot berry, is a species of flowering tree in the borage family, Boraginaceae, that is native to India, Sri Lanka and in African countries from Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Zimbabwe down to South Africa. [2]

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References

  1. "Cordia monoica Roxb. — the Plant List".
  2. "Cordia monoica". www.africa.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-07.