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Cordia afra; photograph JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SAJMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cordia afra Sond.

Boraginaceae · Mozambique, Botswana +6

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Cordia afra, photograph JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsCordia afra, photograph Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsCordia afra, photograph Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsCordia afra, photograph Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsCordia afra, photograph SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsCordia afra, photograph SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 12 photographs ›

About the genus · Cordia

Cordia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cordiaceae. It contains 228 species of shrubs and trees, that are found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. Many of the species are commonly called manjack, while bocote may refer to several Central American species in Spanish.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Cordia", CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cultivation

Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so no sheet is derived.

Climate across the habitat

Not checked. GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so none is derived here. This is not a statement that no climate exists.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Records not checked: GBIF's records were not asked, as said under the name.
NativeMozambique, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Northern Provinces, Madagascar · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Kew's description“shrub or tree” · “subtropical” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedGBIF's records not checked, as said under the name: so there are no points on the map, no map marker and no climate across the range; the range is Kew's. Not a statement that no record exists.

Photographs

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Photographs: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (3); SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (2).

Similar habitat climate Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the nearest habitat climates are read from the climate they give.

Other Cordia 32 in the reference

Cordia africana Cordia africana Large-leaved Cordia Photo: CC BY, Augustin SoulardCordia alliodora Cordia alliodora Cypre Photo: CC BY, Alexis López HernándezCordia americana Cordia americana Cordiaceae Photo: CC BY, Cecilia Fer Díaz Cordia bogotensis Cordiaceae Cordia boissieri Cordia boissieri Mexican-olive Photo: CC BY, Joseph AubertCordia collococca Cordia collococca Clammy cherry Photo: CC BY, Alexis López HernándezCordia decandra Cordia decandra Cordiaceae Photo: CC BY, Jorge Herreros de LartundoCordia dentata Cordia dentata White cordia Photo: CC BY, Carlos Domínguez-RodríguezCordia dichotoma Cordia dichotoma Fragrant manjack Photo: CC BY-SA, vrxzCordia dodecandra Cordia dodecandra Cordiaceae Photo: CC BY, Deby GómezCordia ecalyculata Cordia ecalyculata Cordiaceae Photo: CC0, demianlescanoCordia elaeagnoides Cordia elaeagnoides Cordiaceae Photo: CC BY, Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez all 33 ›

Names & registers

Also known as Lithocardium afrum; Cordia natalensis; Gerascanthus afra; Cordia erosa; Cordia zeyheri and 1 more. (WCVP, RBG Kew)

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The record

Family
Boraginaceae
Described by
Sond.
Native to
Mozambique, Botswana, Cape Provinces +5
Records
not checked · GBIF's records were not asked: the page has no GBIF key

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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
Kew's names (WCVP) kew.names answeredas of 2026-06-04Kew's entry Cordia afra Sond. (plant_name_id 2736616), read from Kew's names file
GBIF species record gbif.species not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
Habitat climate climate not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked, and the habitat climate is read only from them
Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22found by Kew's IPNI identifier 114017-1, POWO 114017-1
Wikipedia wikipedia nothing to reportasked 2026-10-22
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild not asked
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
Wikimedia Commons commons answeredasked 2026-10-22
OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

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