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