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Cordia subcordata is a species of flowering tree in the borage family. [3] It can be found growing in eastern Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, northern Australia and the Pacific Islands including Hawaii. [2] The plant is known by a variety of names, including kou, [4] beach cordia, sea trumpet, and kerosene wood.
Cordia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains 228 species of shrubs and trees, that are found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. [ 1 ] Many of the species are commonly called manjack , while bocote may refer to several Central American species in Spanish.
Cordia is a genus in the borage family (Boraginaceae). As of May 2020 [update] , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: [ 1 ] Cordia aberrans I.M.Johnst.
Cordia boissieri is a white-flowered, evergreen shrub or small tree in the borage family (Boraginaceae). Its native range extends from southern Texas in the United States south to central Mexico . Common names include anacahuita , Mexican olive , [ 1 ] white cordia , and Texas wild olive . [ 2 ]
Cordia sinensis; Cordia subcordata; Cordia sulcata; T. Cordia trichotoma This page was last edited on 29 March 2013, at 20:40 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Other Tuamotu endemics are the atoll fruit dove (Ptilinopus coralensis), which is widespread throughout the archipelago, and the Tuamotu kingfisher (Todiramphus gambieri) which is limited to Niau. The Polynesian ground dove ( Alopecoenas erythropterus ) once lived in the Society Islands and the Tuamotus, but now survives only in the Tuamotus.
Flowering beach cordia in Oʻahu. The beach cordia (Cordia subcordata) is an important timber tree with light, finely textured, and somewhat soft wood ideal for carving. It has no taste and thus was most commonly used for carving utensils, cups, bowls, and other containers; as well as ornamental carvings and musical instruments throughout ...
The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are isolated, being the only atolls in the eastern Indian Ocean, and were uninhabited until relatively recently in the early 19th century.The first botanical study was done while naturalist Charles Darwin visited the southern atoll for ten days, arriving April 1, 1836.