Cordia sulcata Dc.

Mucilage manjack (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Cordia

Characteristics

A shrub or tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 11.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Moist forests at all elevations, favouring forest edges and the more open, secondary formations.
More
A tropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Fruit

Cordia sulcata fruit picture by kevin mehring (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Cordia sulcata world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, and United States of America

Conservation status

Cordia sulcata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:275068-2
WFO ID wfo-0000621016
COL ID YBSB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 632722
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lithocardium sulcatum Cordia sulcata Cordia toqueve Gerascanthus sulcatus Cordia macrophylla