Cordia monoica

Sandpaper saucer-berry
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: (unplaced)
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Cordia
Species: C. monoica
Binomial name
Cordia dmonoica
Roxb.
Synonyms
  • 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[1]

The Sandpaper saucer-berry, or Snot berry, (Cordia monoica), 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]

References

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