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North America distribution zone

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Cordia sebestena L.

Boraginaceae

SE North America (Mexico: Yucatán and Quintana Roo to Panama; USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela) int S Eurasia and Africa (tropics)

S[M]

E[D]

xer calc

cl dr (cold, colic: leaves decoction taken orally, cough, fever: leaves juice with water, flu, headache, indigestion) fd ma pl (ornamental) ti

Cordia brachycalyx Urb. Cordia speciosa Salisb. Lithocardium sebestena Kuntze Sebesten sebestena (L.) Britton ex Small

Geigertree cordia; aloe wood (Puerto Rico); aloe-wood; anaconda (Bahamas); broad leaf (Cayman); Cuba sebesten; Geiger tree (Bahamas); Geiger-tree (Puerto Rico); Geigertree; Gieger tree (Jamaica); Gieger-tree (Bahamas, USA); naconda (Bahamas); nut tree; real cordia, red cordia (Jamaica); scarlet accordia (Netherlands Antilles); scarlet cordia (Barbados, Jamaica); scarlet flower (Netherlands Antilles); sebesten tree; Spanish cordia (Bahamas); white nut

cordia élégant; bois d'Inde, bois d'ine (Haiti); bois rape (Lesser Antilles); bois-râpe; coquelicot, fleur coquelicot (Haiti); mapon rouge (Lesser Antilles); mapou (Haiti); mapou rouge; petit soleil (Haiti); rudes, sébestier, sébestier à feuilles; sébestier élégant (Haiti); sébestrier; ti-soleil (Haiti)

anacagüita (Cuba); anacahuita (Mexico); anaconda (Puerto Rico); avellana, avellana criolla, avellano criollo (Dominican Republic); avellano riollo; caramboli (Dominican Republic); cereza amarilla (Puerto Rico); ciricote (Belize); Joaquín (Puerto Rico); nacaguita; no-me-olivides, San Bartolomé (Puerto Rico); San Joaquín (Colombia); siricote (Guatemala, Mexico); vomitel colorado (Cuba, Puerto Rico); ziricote (Belize)

achinaruvili (tamil); bwa denn (creole, Haiti); cawara spaño (Netherlands Antilles); challekendala, kempuchalla, kendala (kanarese, India); kòkeliko (creole, Haiti); manhage (Netherlands Antilles); mkamasi wa pwani (swahili, Tanzania); ponnaruvili (tamil); ti soley (creole, Haiti); virigi (telugu); warzo (kuna, Panama)

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Latin name	Cordia sebestena L.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Yucatán and Quintana Roo to Panama; USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela) int S Eurasia and Africa (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	xer calc
Use	cl dr (cold, colic: leaves decoction taken orally, cough, fever: leaves juice with water, flu, headache, indigestion) fd ma pl (ornamental) ti
Synonym	Cordia brachycalyx Urb. Cordia speciosa Salisb. Lithocardium sebestena Kuntze Sebesten sebestena (L.) Britton ex Small
English name	Geigertree cordia; aloe wood (Puerto Rico); aloe-wood; anaconda (Bahamas); broad leaf (Cayman); Cuba sebesten; Geiger tree (Bahamas); Geiger-tree (Puerto Rico); Geigertree; Gieger tree (Jamaica); Gieger-tree (Bahamas, USA); naconda (Bahamas); nut tree; real cordia, red cordia (Jamaica); scarlet accordia (Netherlands Antilles); scarlet cordia (Barbados, Jamaica); scarlet flower (Netherlands Antilles); sebesten tree; Spanish cordia (Bahamas); white nut
French name	cordia élégant; bois d'Inde, bois d'ine (Haiti); bois rape (Lesser Antilles); bois-râpe; coquelicot, fleur coquelicot (Haiti); mapon rouge (Lesser Antilles); mapou (Haiti); mapou rouge; petit soleil (Haiti); rudes, sébestier, sébestier à feuilles; sébestier élégant (Haiti); sébestrier; ti-soleil (Haiti)
Spanish name	anacagüita (Cuba); anacahuita (Mexico); anaconda (Puerto Rico); avellana, avellana criolla, avellano criollo (Dominican Republic); avellano riollo; caramboli (Dominican Republic); cereza amarilla (Puerto Rico); ciricote (Belize); Joaquín (Puerto Rico); nacaguita; no-me-olivides, San Bartolomé (Puerto Rico); San Joaquín (Colombia); siricote (Guatemala, Mexico); vomitel colorado (Cuba, Puerto Rico); ziricote (Belize)
Other name	achinaruvili (tamil); bwa denn (creole, Haiti); cawara spaño (Netherlands Antilles); challekendala, kempuchalla, kendala (kanarese, India); kòkeliko (creole, Haiti); manhage (Netherlands Antilles); mkamasi wa pwani (swahili, Tanzania); ponnaruvili (tamil); ti soley (creole, Haiti); virigi (telugu); warzo (kuna, Panama)
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