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Taxon:  Cordia myxa L.



Summary
Genus:
Cordia
Family:
Cordiaceae
Nomen number:
11489
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:190. 1753, nom. cons.
Comment:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN 14.3 & App. IV) through conservation of the genus Cordia
Verified:
03/31/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family 198.
  3. Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
  4. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  5. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  6. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  8. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  9. Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
  10. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  11. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
  12. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  14. Rapisarda, A. et al. 1997. Micromorphological study on leaves of some Cordia (Boraginaceae) species used in traditional medicine. Econ. Bot. 51:385-391.
  15. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
  16. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq.
  17. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
English
Assyrian-plum –
clammy-cherry –
glueberry –
Indian-cherry –
sapistan –
sapistan-tree –
sebastan-tree –
sebesten-plum –
selu –
small cordia –
Sudan-teak –
French
bois savon –
sébestier –
Portuguese
sebesteira –
sebesteiro-do-Sudão –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran s.?
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
4Naturalized    widely natzd. in paleotropics
6Other    possibly nowhere truly native
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran (s.?)
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan
Naturalized (widely natzd. in paleotropics)
Other (possibly nowhere truly native)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruitpickled fide F Iraq; F TE AfrTurrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Medicinesfolklore Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Medicinesfolklore Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=11489. Accessed 3 May 2025.