Cordia fragrantissima Kurz, Prelim. Rep. Forest Pegu, App. A: xcii (1875);
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Assam to Myanmar as per POWO;
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MS, July, 2026/02 Cordia sp. for id.: 3 images.
Location : Lianpui, Mizoram
Altitude : ca. 1,560 m
Date :19-07-2026
Habit : Small to medium-sized tree.
Habitat : Wild
Mizo : Muk
Cordia sinensis ?
What are the enlisted species and Keys?
Yes, appears some possibility as per
https://efloraofindia.com/efi/cordia-gharaf/
1 high res. image.
Pl. send high res. images so we can decide based on the keys, as the details are unclear in the posted images.
4 high res. images.
This may be Cordia fragrantissima as per GBIF specimen.
Description from Flora of Bangladesh:
Medium trees, deciduous, densely covered with fugacious tomentum. Leaves simple, alternate, 6-20 x 5-15 cm, elliptic to ovate, acute to obtuse, entire, base rounded or cuneate, scabrous above, sparingly hairy, soft tomentose beneath, glabrescent and white dotted when dry, chartaceous, 3-nerved at base, petioles 7-15 cm long. Inflorescence large, unilateral racemes, axillary and terminal, densely tawn-tomentose, later on glabrescent. Flowers white, 6-7 mm across, fragnant, tetramerous, sessile. Calyx bell-shaped, tawny-tomentose outside and glabrous within, not distinctly ribbed, tube as long as calyx lobes. Corolla white, glabrous, tube as long as calyx, mouth hairy. Stamens 5, as long as corolla, alternate with petals. Ovary with sessile stigma. Fruits ellipsoid, 6 -8 mm across, obtuse. Flowering & fruiting: May-December. In hilly forest areas.
Medium trees, deciduous, densely covered with fugacious tomentum. Leaves simple, alternate, 6-20 x 5-15 cm, elliptic to ovate, acute to obtuse, entire, base rounded or cuneate, scabrous above, sparingly hairy, soft tomentose beneath, glabrescent and white dotted when dry, chartaceous, 3-nerved at base, petioles 7-15 cm long. Inflorescence large, unilateral racemes, axillary and terminal, densely tawn-tomentose, later on glabrescent. Flowers white, 6-7 mm across, fragnant, tetramerous, sessile. Calyx bell-shaped, tawny-tomentose outside and glabrous within, not distinctly ribbed, tube as long as calyx lobes. Corolla white, glabrous, tube as long as calyx, mouth hairy. Stamens 5, as long as corolla, alternate with petals. Ovary with sessile stigma. Fruits ellipsoid, 6 -8 mm across, obtuse. Flowering & fruiting: May-December. In hilly forest areas.
Also see its illustration:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Cordia-fragrantissima-Kurz-a-fruiting-branch_fig1_386508681
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Cordia-fragrantissima-Kurz-a-fruiting-branch_fig1_386508681
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References:
POWO India Biodiversity Portal GBIF specimen Flora of Bangladesh Research Gate