Mazhar Botanic Garden

Cordia dichotoma G.Forst

Fragrant manjack Pink Pearl Glue Berry Indian Cherry

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000328
Common name: Fragrant manjack, Pink Pearl, Glue Berry, Indian Cherry
English name: Glue Berry
Arabic name: مخيط كبير
Native: Indomalayan
Country: Indomalayan
(PGR): Cultivated plant

Deciduous tree, spreading crown, growing 4-20 m tall flowers  bisexual, white in colour which open only at night fruit pinkish-yellow

•The immature fruits are pickled and are also used as a vegetable fodder. The leaves also yield good fodder. The seed kernel has medicinal properties.

•It is often cultivated for its fruits throughout the range of its natural distribution.

Cordia obliqua Willd, Cordia suaveolens Blume

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Texture: Chalk Clay Loam Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 9 : 9
pH range: 6.0-6.5
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Tree
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Fruits Medicinal
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Deciduous tree
pH: Acid Neutral

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