Cordia monoica, the sandpaper saucer-berry, or snot berry, is a species of flowering tree in the borage family, Boraginaceae, that is native to India, Sri Lanka and in African countries from Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Zimbabwe down to South Africa.[2]
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Sandpaper saucer-berry |
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Cordia monoica, illustration from the species description |
Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Plantae |
Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
Clade: |
Angiosperms |
Clade: |
Eudicots |
Clade: |
Asterids |
Order: |
Boraginales |
Family: |
Boraginaceae |
Genus: |
Cordia |
Species: |
C. monoica |
Binomial name |
Cordia monoica
Roxb. |
Synonyms[1] |
- Cordia bakeri Britten
- Cordia dioica Bojer ex A.DC.
- Cordia diversa Thwaites
- Cordia kabarensis De Wild.
- Cordia obovata Baker [Illegitimate]
- Cordia ovalis R.Br. ex A.DC.
- Cordia polygama Roxb.
- Cordia quarensis Gürke
- Cordia rubra Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Gerascanthus bakeri (Britten) Borhidi
- Gerascanthus dioicus (Bojer ex A.DC.) Borhidi
- Gerascanthus monoicus (Roxb.) Borhidi [Invalid]
- Lithocardium monoicum Kuntze
- Lithocardium ovale Kuntze
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