Cordia
Cordia boisseri in bloom
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Boraginaceae Genus: Cordia

Cordia is a genus of shrubs and trees in the borage family Boraginaceae. About 300 species have been identified worldwide, mostly in warmer regions. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 713 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,000 × 841 pixels, file size: 149 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo of Cordia boisseri (Texas olive) flowers at the Desert Demonstration Garden in Las Vegas, taken May 2003 by User:Stan Shebs File historyClick... For other uses, see Scientific classification (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Plant (disambiguation). ... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class of flowering plants. ... Families See text The Order Lamiales is a taxon in the asterid group of dicotyledonous flowering plants. ... Genera many, see text Boraginaceae Juss. ... For other uses, see Genus (disambiguation). ... A broom shrub in flower A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... Genera many, see text Boraginaceae Juss. ...

Many Cordias have fragrant showy flowers and are popular in gardens, although they are not especially hardy. Like most other Boraginaceae, most have hairy leaves.

Cordia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Endoclita malabaricus and two bucculatricid leaf-miners recorded solely from Cordia, Bucculatrix caribbea and Bucculatrix cordiaella. A larval insect A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... The order Lepidoptera is the second most speciose order in the class Insecta and includes the butterflies, moths and skippers. ... Endoclita is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. ... Bucculatricidae is a family of moths. ...

A number of the tropical species have edible fruits, called sebesten. In India, the fruits of local species are used as a vegetable, raw, cooked, or pickled, and are known by many names, including lasora in Hindi. One such species is Cordia dichotoma, which is called gunda in Hindi. For other uses, see Fruit (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Vegetable (disambiguation). ... “Achar”, the Hindi word for a variety of spicy pickled side dish or condiment, redirects here. ... Hindi (DevanāgarÄ«: or , IAST: , IPA:  ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the 22 official languages of India and is used, along with English, for central government administrative purposes. ...

Species:

• Bocote Cordia alliodora
• Texas-olive Cordia boisseri
• Geiger tree Cordia sebestena
• Tou Cordia subcordata (named Kou in Hawaiʻi).

Binomial name Cordia alliodora Bocote (Cordia alliodora) is a tropical flowering tree in the genus Cordia, family Boraginaceae. ... The Geiger Tree (Cordia sebestena ) is known for its flowers, and is used in landscaping in tropical and sub-tropical areas such as Florida. ... Binomial name Lam. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ...

Species

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