Accession Data

Cordia dichotoma

Common Name: Bird Lime Tree

Family: Boraginaceae

Country of Origin: tropical Asia & Australasia

Description: This handsome, evergreen tree from tropical Asia and Australasia grows to 30 ft (9 m) high with a broadly spreading habit and broad, shiny leaves to 8 in (20 cm) long. It produces both male and hermaphrodite orange flowers. These flowers are followed by 1 in (25 mm) long dull pinkish edible fruit with sticky flesh.

Uses: In India (Western Rajasthan): ripe fruit eaten raw; green fruit eaten as vegetable, in curry and pickled. Leaves eaten as a vegetable.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 11-12

Accession #: 198500500

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1208

Quantity: 2

Source: FTG

Culture: These plants require steady, warm temperatures and moist, well-drained soil. They are propagated from seed or semi-ripe cuttings.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Boraginales

Family: Boraginaceae

SubFamily: Cordioideae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017

References

  1. Botanica. Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
  2. Famine Foods Website
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 21 April 2015.
  4. Tropicos Distribution Map. Accessed 21 April 2015.

Images

Cordia dichotoma