Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav.) Oken, Allg. Naturgesch. 3(2): 1098 (1841) (syn: Cerdana alliodora Ruiz & Pav. ; Cerdana cujabensis Silva Manso ex A.DC. ; Cordia alliodora f. albotomentosa Chodat & Hassl. ; Cordia alliodora var. boliviana Chodat & Vischer ; Cordia alliodora var. glabra A.DC. ; Cordia alliodora var. tomentosa A.DC. ; Cordia andina Chodat ; Cordia cerdana Roem. & Schult. ; Cordia chamissoniana var. complicata Chodat ; Cordia cujabensis Silva Manso & Lhotzky ex Cham. ; Cordia gerascanthus f. martinicensis Chodat ; Cordia gerascanthus f. micrantha Chodat ; Cordia gerascanthus var. subcanescens A.DC. ; Cordia goudotii Chodat ; Cordia hartwissiana Regel ; Cordia macrantha Chodat ; Cordia rusbyi Britton ; Cordia velutina Mart. ; Gerascanthus alliodorus (Ruiz & Pav.) M.Kuhlm. & Mattos; Gerascanthus cujabensis (Silva Manso & Lhotzky ex Cham.) Borhidi ; Gerascanthus velutinus Fresen. ; Lithocardium alliodorum (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze ; Lithocardium cujabense (Silva Manso & Lhotzky ex Cham.) Kuntze ; Lithocardium gerascanthus var. alliodorum (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze; Lithocardium hartwigsiana Kuntze ; Varronia rusbyi (Britton ex Rusby) Borhidi ; Varronia tuberosa Sessé & Moc. ; Solanum mucronatum O.E.Schulz ); . Mexico to Tropical America: Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.; Introduced into: Borneo, Galápagos, Hawaii, Mauritius, Seychelles, Solomon Is., Vanuatu as per POWO; .
Fwd: Tree from Chandigarh : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Please help me identify this plant Habit Tree Bark with deep fissures Leaves rough (though not much) Dark green adaxially, very light green abaxially and with a felt like coating Flowers White with ridged calyx. flowers fall off easily in the first photo the flower is placed on the abaxial surface of the leaf Any ideas about the tree? Nice image of the flower & the leave. Attachments (3) I don’t recognise this flower, …! Ideally, I’d like to see more information such as the length of the petiole, stipule, arrangement of leaf on the branchlet, bark, etc. That might help to narrow it down. But at first glance, I don’t recognise it. Probably an exotic, and the trouble with exotics is that it’s hard to know which flora to look up! Kindly post the images of branch, full tree and flowers attached on a branch. Many Thanks for the support. i was busy with some family matters. as for the additional information asked by Pradip Ji. i won’t be able to provide you information regarding stipules as the plant and its parts are not accessible from ground and the location of tree is such that i cant climb the tree. … the location of tree is rose garden. there are only two trees in the garden. Rest of the information i will try to provide in 2-3 days. bark and leaf arrangement (if it is helpful) are attached. Attachments (2) Thank you, … I’ll ask … about it. Is this a cultivated sps ? Please check Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav.) Oken. Yes, appears close as per images at https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:113943-1 Thank You for your input. but can it be Cordia trichotoma. I think leaves are closer to Cordia trichotoma than those of C. alliodora. What is your take? Corolla tube appears longer than calyx in Cordia trichotoma (unlike the posted image) as per image at
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Cordia alliodora ?
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