img

Cordia alliodora

(Ruiz & Pav.) Oken (1841)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Boraginales Family: Cordiaceae Genus: Cordia

img

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form:

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves:

Flowers:

Fruit:

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Images

img

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean
Wind

Pollinators

Specimens

img
img
img
img

Bibliography

Name Published In: Allg. Naturgesch. 3(2): 1098 (1841)

Other References

Lau & Frohlich 2012:10 (NEWNAT/O, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cordia alliodora Waimea Arboretum & Botanical Garden Preserved_Specimen Cory, C. Oahu BISH 1986-01-16
2 Cordia alliodora Koloa District: National Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai Valley, Economic Section along w. side of Lawai Stream Cultivated, no tag (just E. of Cordia alliodora # 870475.001). Preserved_Specimen Lorence, D.H. 7740 Kauai BISH 1996-02-16
3 Cordia alliodora Makaha Valley, along road to Kaneaki Heiau, UTM 584242, 2376748 Mesic lowland secondary forest. Preserved_Specimen Tree about 15 feet tall, branch nodes swollen and hollow, ant domatia. Fruits within a dry, persistent corolla which is both wind dispersed and buoyant. OED 2009021001 Oahu BISH 2009-02-10
Back to Top