Family: Boraginaceae

Genus: Cordia

Species: africana

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000197

English name: Sudan Teak, Large-leaved Cordia

Arabic name: كورديا افريقانا

Native: Africa

Country: Africa Ethiopia

(PGR): Rare

Evergreen tree grows 4-15 m tall Leaves  broadly ovate, rough to the touch with clear net-veining flowers white in terminal heads, funnel-shaped and sweetly scented fruits edible, orange when ripe

•Ornamental plant. The wood can be used to manufacture beehives which can be kept in this tree where the bees can live off the plentiful supply of nectar which comes from the flowers. In addition the tree supplies leaves for forage and an edible fruit. Firewood, timber. Often gathered from the wild, it is also cultivated for the timber, its edible berries, as shade tree in coffee plantations, as a medicinal plant

Cordia holstii Gurke ex Engl, Cordia abyssinica  RBr Ex A Rich

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Texture: Loam

Water Sources: Moderate Water

Lights: Full sun

Propagation: Seeds

Flowering time: Winter and early spring

Status: Least concern

Life span: Perennial

Habits: Tree

Plant Uses: Firewood Ornamental Timber

Plant Populations density: Rare

pH: Mild acid