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Latin name	Cordia linnaei Stearn
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Cordia corymbosa (L.) Don Cordia ulmifolia Juss. Cordia ulmifolia var. lineata (L.) DC. Lantana corymbosa L. p.p. Varronia lineata L. p.p.
English name	Linnaeus cordia
French name	cordia de Linné
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Latin name	Cordia lucidula I.M.Johnst.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador: Carchi)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hel
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English name	shining cordia
French name	cordia brillant
Spanish name	chachalaco (Honduras)
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Latin name	Cordia macrophylla L.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	hel
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English name	fishleaf cordia; fish-leaf, manjack, nanjack (Jamaica)
French name	cordia à grandes feuilles
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Latin name	Cordia macvaughii J.S.Mill.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Michoacán)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
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English name	Michoacán cordia
French name	cordia de Michoacán
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Latin name	Cordia martinicensis (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Martinique, St. Lucia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel
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Synonym	Warronia martinicensis Jacq.
English name	Martinique cordia; black sage (St. Lucia)
French name	cordia de la Martinique; bois noué, mahot noir, mahot noué (Martinique, St. Lucia)
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Latin name	Cordia megalantha S.F.Blake
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) MW South America (Ecuador: Guayas)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hel
Use	ti (cabinet work, construction, furniture, gun pieces, turned work, veneer)
Synonym	Cordia macrantha S.F.Blake non Chodat
English name	largeflower cordia
French name	cordia à grandes fleurs
Spanish name	canalete, laurel (Honduras); laurel blanco (Ecuador, Guatemala); laurel de montaña, laurel negro (Honduras)
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Latin name	Cordia mirabiloides (Jacq.) Roem. & Schult.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Use	dr (teething: fruits or leaves infusion)
Synonym	Cordia bullata Griseb. Cordia mirabiliflora A.DC. Tournefortia serrata L. Varronia mirabiloides Jacq.
English name	wonderful cordia; white cordia (Puerto Rico)
French name	cordia bonbon; bonbon capitaine, bonbon chat, bonbon codine, croque chien, croquer chien; dent de chien blanc, fleur dent, fleur dentition, fleurs dents (Haiti)
Spanish name	ateje globoso (Cuba); rompe ropa (Dominican Republic)
Other name	bonbon chat, bonbon kodenn, dan chen blan, flè dan, flè dantisyon, kròk chen (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Cordia morelosana Standl.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Michoacán, Guerrero, Morelos)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
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English name	Morelos cordia
French name	cordia de Morelos
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Latin name	Cordia nesophila I.M.Johnst.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel xer
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Synonym	Cordia salvifolia auct. non Juss.
English name	islandloving cordia; black sage
French name	cordia des îles; bois noir, mahot noir
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Latin name	Cordia panamensis L.Riley
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico: Chiapas to Panama) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Ecuador: Los Ríos)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
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Use	fr
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English name	Panama cordia; hairy bois lay lay, lay lay (Trinidad and Tobago)
French name	cordia du Panama
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Latin name	Cordia porcata Nowicke
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) MW South America (Ecuador: Los Ríos)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	ridged cordia
French name	cordia ridé
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Latin name	Cordia pringlei B.L.Rob.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Varronia pringlei (B.L.Rob.) Friesen
English name	Pringle cordia
French name	cordia de Pringle
Spanish name	chilincoco (Nicaragua)
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Latin name	Cordia protracta I.M.Johnst.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) NW South America (Colombia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	lengthened cordia
French name	cordia allongé
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Latin name	Cordia prunifolia I.M.Johnst.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Chiapas; Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L
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English name	cherryleaf cordia
French name	cordia à feuilles de cerisier
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Latin name	Cordia pulverulenta (Urb.) Alain
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Cordia galeottiana var. pulverulenta Urb. Cordia rotundata Alain
English name	powdery cordia
French name	cordia pulvérulent
Spanish name	tostado (Cuba)
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Latin name	Cordia reticulata Vahl
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Cordia elliptica auct. non Sw. Cordia elliptica Urb. Cordia laevigata auct. non Lam. Cordia laevigata sensu Duss. non Lam. Gerascanthus reticulatus (Vahl) Borhidi Lithocardium reticulatum Kuntze
English name	reticulate cordia
French name	cordia réticulé; caca poule, chypre, coco poule, corossol grand bois, mahot lélé, mapou, mapou grand bois
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Latin name	Cordia rickseckeri Millsp.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	D?
Ecology	xer
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Synonym	Sebesten rickseckeri (Millsp.) Britton
English name	manjack cordia; black manjack, dog almond (Tortola); manjack (Jost Van Dyke Island, Virgin Gorda)
French name	cordia de Ricksecker
Spanish name	lija, San Bartolomé (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Cordia salvadorensis Standl.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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English name	ElSalvador cordia
French name	cordia d'El Salvador
Spanish name	tigüilote (Nicaragua)
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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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Latin name	Cordia sericicalyx A.DC.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Use	fd (fruits) ti
Synonym	Bourreria viridis Rusby Cordia ierensis Britton Cordia opaca Rusby Cordia viridis (Rusby) I.M.Johnst. Lithocardium sericicalyx (A.DC.) Kuntze
English name	silky cordia
French name	cordia soyeux
Spanish name	sacha macambillo (Peru); alatriqua, alatriqua blanco, cautaro (Venezuela)
Other name	talfabon (Suriname)
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Latin name	Cordia skutchii I.M.Johnst.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC North America (end Guatemala)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
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English name	Skutch cordia
French name	cordia de Skutch
Spanish name	canela (Guatemala)
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Latin name	Cordia sonorae Rose
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Sonora to Guerrero)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
Foliage	D
Ecology	mes
Use	pl (ornamental)
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English name	Sonora cordia
French name	cordia de Sonora
Spanish name	amapa blanca, amapa bola, asta, palo de asta (Mexico)
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Latin name	Cordia spinescens L.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg
Use	dr fr?
Synonym	Cordia coloradiphila Gilli Cordia costaricensis I.M.Johnst. Cordia ferruginea (Lam.) Roem. & Schult. Cordia laxiflora Kunth Cordia pauciflora Rusby Cordia poeppigii A.DC. Cordia pyrifolia Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Cordia riparia Kunth Cordia schomburghii DC. Cordia thibaudiana DC. Varronia ferruginea Lam.
English name	spinescent cordia; black vine (Belize)
French name	cordia épineux
Spanish name	behuco negro (Belize); bejuco negro (Mexico)
Other name	arroz-xiv, box-ak, 'ek-sheeb, 'ex-shee-b (maya, Belize); ibsapi, irsapi (kuna, Panama); kekxej (Guatemala, Mexico)
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Latin name	Cordia stellifera I.M.Johnst.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Honduras, Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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English name	starbearing cordia; riverside kaway (Belize)
French name	cordia à étoiles
Spanish name	sangre blanco (Belize)
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Latin name	Cordia stenoclada I.M.Johnst.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC North America (S Mexico) NC South America (Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SC
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English name	narrowbranch cordia
French name	cordia à rameaux étroits
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Latin name	Cordia subvelutina I.M.Johnst.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Michoacán)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	S?
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English name	velvety cordia
French name	cordia velouté
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Latin name	Cordia sulcata DC.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg mes
Use	ma pl sa
Synonym	Cordia macrophylla Roem.& Schult p.p. non L. Cordia toqueve Spreng. non Aubl. Gerascanthus sulcatus (DC.) Borhidi
English name	mucilage cordia; cork wood (Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico); hairy laylay, laylay (Trinidad); mandrake (Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico); manjack (Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Vincent); mucilage manjack (Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands); white manjack (Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico); wild clammy-cherry (Barbados)
French name	cordia bois-bré; bois bré (Dominica); bois de liège, bois flot; bois laylay (Trinidad); coco poule, cyp; feuilles à dents, feuilles dentition, feuilles parésol, fleurs dent à fleurs blanches, fleurs dents (Haiti); grand mapou, mahot grandes feuilles (Guadeloupe); mahot-grandes feuilles; mapou (Guadeloupe, Trinidad); mapou blanc, mapou-grandes feuilles; parésol (Haiti)
Spanish name	ateje cimarrón, ateje macho (Cuba); friega platos, hoja ancha, jático, majagua de Indio (Dominican Republic); moral, moral de paz (Puerto Rico); palo de tabaco (Cuba); parasol, teje aparejo (Dominican Republic)
Other name	flè danflè blanch, paresòl (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Cordia triangularis Urb.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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English name	triangular cordia
French name	cordia triangulaire
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Latin name	Cordia troyana Urb.
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Ecology	calc
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English name	Jamaica cordia
French name	cordia de la Jamaïque
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Latin name	Cordia truncatifolia Bartlett
Family	Boraginaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer
Use	fw pl (living fences) ti (posts)
Synonym	Cordia gualanensis Donn.Sm. Cordia microsebestena Loes. Cordia seleriana Fernald
English name	truncateleaf cordia
French name	cordia à feuilles tronquées
Spanish name	tigüilote macho (Nicaragua)
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