Mazhar Botanic Garden

Cordia africana Lam

Sudan Teak Large-leaved Cordia

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

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