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Cordia sebestena - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Kokrobitey Institute, Kokrobite, Greater Accra, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Cordia sebestena - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Kokrobitey Institute, Kokrobite, Greater Accra, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Cordia sebestena - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Kokrobitey Institute, Kokrobite, Greater Accra, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Cordia sebestena - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Kokrobitey Institute, Kokrobite, Greater Accra, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Cordia sebestena - Close-up of stiff hairs on the upper leaf surface - Click to enlarge!

Close-up of stiff hairs on the upper leaf surface; Kokrobitey Institute, Kokrobite, Greater Accra, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Cordia sebestena - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Kokrobitey Institute, Kokrobite, Greater Accra, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 735
Date of entry: 01.03.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Largeleaf Geigertree

German: Scharlachkordie

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Lamiales (199)

        Family: Boraginaceae (38)(family description)

          Genus: Cordia (3)

            Epithet: sebestena L. (1)

Synonym: Sebesten sebestena (L.) Britt. ex Small

sebestena => derived from the genus Sebesten

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub, tree

Flower colour: orange

External links

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