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Cordia dichotoma

G.Forst. (1786)

This name is accepted

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

sebesten, sebesten plum

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees 3–4(–20) m tall.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades ovate to broadly ovate or elliptic, 6–13 × 4–9 cm. Apex obtuse to mucronate. Base rounded to broadly cuneate. Surfaces sparsely pubescent or glabrous. Margins usually subundulate to undulate dentate, rarely entire. Petioles 2–5 cm. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in inflorescences terminating leafy lateral branches, dichotomously branched into corymbose cymes, widely spaced, 5–8 cm wide. Flowers dimorphic, sessile. Calyx campanulate, 5–6 mm, 5-lobed; lobes unequal, triangular, enlarged after anthesis, persistent. Corolla white, ca. as long as calyx; lobes shorter than tube, margin somewhat undulate. Stamens 5; filaments of staminate flowers ca. 3.5 mm; filaments of bisexual flowers 1–2 mm. Ovary superior, 4-loculed, glabrous; ovule 1 per locule. Styles twice 2-cleft, united portion 1–1.5 mm, first branches ca. 1 mm, second branches 2–3 mm; stigma spatulate. Rudimentary pistil globoss in staminate flowers.

Fruit: Drupes yellow or reddish; subglobose; 1–1.5 cm in diam.; with sticky mesocarp; surrounded by persistent calyx. Seeds without endosperm; cotyledons plicate.

Ploidy: 2n = 48; 50

Habitat: Open woods on slopes; mountain streamsides.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Birds

Vegetative Reproduction

Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Ins. Austr.: 18 (1786)

Other References

Herbarium Pacificum Staff 1996:3 (NEWNAT/O, DESCR); Staples & Herbst 2005:197 (KEY), 198 (DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. waimanalo; bellows airforce base, back road Windswept ridge in dryland scrub. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN funk, e.j. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 10/18/1994
2 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. honolulu, grounds of univ.of hawaii PRESERVED_SPECIMEN price, j.a. Oahu BISH 10/27/1942
3 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Neal, M.C. s.n. Oahu BISH 11/5/1944
4 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. pacific tropical botanical garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN flynn, t. collector number: 1718 Oahu BISH 5/8/1986
5 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. west door of farrington hall Woods PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lohman, m.l. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH
6 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. honolulu; manoa valley; university of hawaii manoa campus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN krajina, v.j. collector number: 620313003 Oahu BISH 3/13/1962
7 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Ewa, Kapolei, abandoned sugarcane land Disturbed vegetation. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Mansker, G. s.n. Oahu BISH 11/28/2005
8 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. KAUAI: Koloa District, Lawai Valley. Cultivated plants of th e Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 1718 Kauai PTBG 5/8/1986
9 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. oahu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN denomie, c. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 8/8/1996
10 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. waimanalo; bellows airforce base, back road Dry, dense koa haole scrub. Weedy area. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN funk, e.j. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 10/18/1994
11 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Oahu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Pearsall, G.A. s.n. Oahu BISH 5/1/1947
12 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN A.K. Meebold Meebold s.n. 1943 Missouri Botanical Garden
13 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Lawai Valley, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Economic Area. Cultivated plants. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 1718 Kauai PTBG 5/8/1986
14 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Honolulu, Punchbowl, Green Street. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. M. Bush 589 Oahu PTBG 4/10/1977
15 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Bellows Airforce Base, Waimanalo PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Funk, E. s.n. Oahu US 10/18/1994
16 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Lawai Valley. Cultivated plants of Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden. Economic area. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 552 Kauai PTBG 8/17/1983
17 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Honolulu, Punchbowl, Green Street. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. M. Bush 628 Oahu PTBG 5/15/1977
18 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Oahu Island, Honolulu, University of Hawaii campus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Vladimir J. Krajina 620313003 UBC 3/13/1962
19 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. pacific tropical botanical garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN t. w. flynn 1718 Kauai US 5/8/1986
20 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Manoa Campus, U. of H. No.147 on map of campus trees and plants PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 563 Oahu BISH 9/2/1967
21 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. halsey terrace area Volunteer in a hedge. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN denomie, c. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 8/8/1996
22 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. honolulu, university of hawaii PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pearsall, g.a. collector number: 252 Oahu BISH 2/14/1950
23 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Honolulu. University of Hawaii. Tree erect. Near sausage tree PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hudson, L.G. s.n. Oahu BISH 7/1/1944
24 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. herbarium of bernice p. bishop museum PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wilder, g.p. collector number: 252 Oahu BISH 11/13/1930
25 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Honolulu, University of Hawaii PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Pearsall, G.A. 252 Oahu BISH 2/14/1950
26 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Koolau Mountain Range: Manoa Valley: University of Hawaii Manoa Campus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Krajina, V.J. 6240 Oahu BISH 1/22/1962
27 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. West door of Farrington Hall PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lohman, M.L. s.n. Oahu BISH
28 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Honolulu, grounds of Univ.of Hawaii PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Price, J.A. s.n. Oahu BISH 10/27/1942
29 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Waimanalo; Bellows Airforce Base, back road Dry, dense koa haole scrub. Weedy area. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Funk, E.J. s.n. Oahu BISH 10/18/1994
30 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 1718 Kauai BISH 5/8/1986
31 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Herbarium of Bernice P. Bishop Museum PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wilder, G.P. 252 Oahu BISH 11/13/1930
32 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. pali road PRESERVED_SPECIMEN caum, e.l. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 6/7/1929
33 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Honolulu, 45-4966 Kam Hwy PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Judd, B. s.n. Oahu BISH 12/18/1984
34 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. honouliuli village PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hobdy, r.w. collector number: 4206 Oahu BISH 6/22/2005
35 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Oahu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. s.n. Oahu BISH 6/1/1958
36 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. manoa campus, u. of h. no.147 on map of campus trees and plants PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 563 Oahu BISH 9/2/1967
37 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Halsey Terrace area Volunteer in a hedge. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Denomie, C. s.n. Oahu BISH 6/18/1905
38 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Honolulu, Kalihi Street near Bishop Museum PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Neal, M.C. s.n. Oahu BISH 9/19/1930
39 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Oahu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Denomie, C. s.n. Oahu BISH 6/18/1905
40 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. honolulu, kalihi street near bishop museum PRESERVED_SPECIMEN neal, m.c. Oahu BISH 9/19/1930
41 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Pali road PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Caum, E.L. s.n. Oahu BISH 6/7/1929
42 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN neal, m.c. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 11/5/1944
43 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. oahu foot of cliff, shade PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 6/1/1958
44 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. waimanalo; bellows airforce base, back road edge of forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN funk, e.j. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 10/18/1994
45 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. honolulu. university of hawaii. tree erect. near sausage tree Metrosideros wet forest, roadside by culvert PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hudson, l.g. Kauai BISH 7/1/1944
46 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. ward street, honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN caum, e.l. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 6/7/1929
47 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Honouliuli Village PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hobdy, R.W. 4206 Oahu BISH 6/22/2005
48 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Koloa District: National Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai Valley, Economic Section along W. side of Lawai Stream PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Vladimir J. Krajina 620313003 Kauai HAPI 3/13/1962
49 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Honouliuli village PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hobdy, R.W. 4206 Oahu BISH 6/22/2005
50 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. ewa, kapolei, abandoned sugarcane land Disturbed vegetation. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN mansker, g. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 11/28/2005
51 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. honolulu, 45-4966 kam hwy PRESERVED_SPECIMEN judd, b. Oahu BISH 12/18/1984
52 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. oahu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pearsall, g.a. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 5/1/1947
53 Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. Ward Street, Honolulu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Caum, E.L. s.n. Oahu BISH 6/7/1929
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