Cordia monoica, the sandpaper saucer-berry, or snot berry, is a species of flowering tree in the borage family, Boraginaceae, that is native to India, Sri Lanka and in African countries from Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Zimbabwe down to South Africa.[2]
Sandpaper saucer-berry | |
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Cordia monoica, illustration from the species description | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: | Cordia |
Species: | C. monoica
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Binomial name | |
Cordia monoica Roxb.
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Synonyms[1] | |
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References
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- ^ "Cordia monoica Roxb. — the Plant List".
- ^ "Cordia monoica". www.africa.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-07.