This article is about the shrub. For the automobile, see Mitsubishi Cordia. The Mitsubishi Cordia was a compact Hatchback Coupé built by Mitsubishi Motors from 1982 to 1990
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 Cordia boisseri in bloom
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Cordia is a genus of shrubs and trees in the borage family Boraginaceae. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its The order Lamiales is a Taxon in the asterid group of dicotyledonous Flowering plants. Boraginaceae Juss 1789 the Borage or Forget-me-not family includes a variety of Shrubs Trees and Herbs totaling about 2000 species A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic A shrub or Bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody plant, distinguished from a Tree A tree is a perennial Woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or Boraginaceae Juss 1789 the Borage or Forget-me-not family includes a variety of Shrubs Trees and Herbs totaling about 2000 species About 300 species have been identified worldwide, mostly in warmer regions. Many of the species are commonly called manjack.
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 larva ( Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of Animal with indirect development, undergoing Metamorphosis (for example Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. Endoclita is a genus of Moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 60 described species found in eastern and southeast Asia and the Indian Bucculatricidae or ( Bucculatrigidae) is a family of Moths This small family has representatives in all parts of the world
A number of the tropical species have edible fruits, called sebesten or clammy cherries. The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context and the term is not synonymous in Food preparation and Biology. 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. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The term " vegetable " generally means the edible parts of Plants The definition of the word is traditional rather than Scientific, however Indian pickles ( Urdu: اچار)are a variety of spicy Pickled side dishes or condiments popular in the Indian Subcontinent in Southeast Asia and in many Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is One such species is Cordia dichotoma (fragrant manjack), which is called gunda in Hindi. The fruit of the fragrant manjack are called phoà-pò·-chí (破布子) in Taiwan where they are eaten pickled. Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia.
Bocote is a Spanish name used in Central America for several species of Cordia.
Species
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References
- Cordia L. Plants Profile at USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service website
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