Cordia L.

  • Authority

    Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

  • Family

    Boraginaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cordia L.

  • Description

    Genus Description - Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate and petiolate. Flowers usually heterostylous, in terminal or axillary, corymbose, paniculate, cymose, or spikelike inflorescences; calyx bell-shaped to tubular, 5-toothed or 5-10-lobed at apex, usually striate, and often enlarging in fruit; corolla funnel- or trumpet-shaped; stamens shorter or longer than the corolla tube; ovary with 4 uniovular chambers, the style branched into 4 stigmas. Fruit a globose, fleshy drupe with 1 to 4 stones.

  • Discussion

    Note: The genus Cordia has been treated in different ways, and to 10 segregate genera have been recognized. In this flora, however, I favor a more comprehensive point of view, where a single genus is recognized (but see references for other points of view).

  • Distribution

    A genus of approximately 300 species with pantropical distribution.

    Saint John Virgin Islands of the United States South America|