- Cordia sebestena
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Cordia sebestena 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: (unplaced) Family: Boraginaceae Genus: Cordia Species: C. sebestena Binomial name Cordia sebestena
L.Cordia sebestena is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae.
It is native to the American tropics, from southern Florida in the United States and The Bahamas southwards throughout Central America and the Greater Antilles.[1] It is known as: siricote or kopté (Mayan) in 19th Century northern Yucatan[2]; scarlet cordia in Jamaica[3]; Geiger Tree (after Key West wrecker John Geiger) in Florida.[4]Contents
Cultivation
Cordia sebestena is widely planted throughout the tropics and subtropics as an Ornamental plant in gardens because of its flowers. It has dark green, oval shaped leaves, and grows oval shaped fruits that are edible, but not flavorful. Cordia sebestena tolerates drought but not frost.
Gallery
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A Geiger tree, at Geiger's house in Key West, Florida
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tree in Hyderabad, India.
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fruits in Hyderabad, India.
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flowers & leaves in Hyderabad, India.
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flower buds in Hyderabad, India.
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fallen fruit in Hyderabad, India.
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leaves in Hyderabad, India.
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trunk in Hyderabad, India.
References
- ^ "Cordia sebestena". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?11494. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ^ Prof. Angelo Heilprin, 1891, Observations on the flora of North Yucatan, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol.29(136,(Jul-Dec):137-44
- ^ "Bats Of Jamaica". Museum, University of Nebraska State. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/museummammalogy/106. Retrieved 20-6-2011.
- ^ Nelson, Gil (1996). The Shrubs and Woody Vines of Florida: a Reference and Field Guide. Pineapple Press Inc. pp. 63. ISBN 9781561641109. http://books.google.com/books?id=Wzmo7cHvhZkC.
External links
Media related to Cordia sebestena at Wikimedia Commons 
Data related to Cordia sebestena at WikispeciesCategories:- Cordia
- Trees of the Caribbean
- Trees of the Bahamas
- Trees of Belize
- Trees of Cuba
- Trees of Florida
- Trees of Hispaniola
- Trees of Honduras
- Trees of Jamaica
- Trees of Quintana Roo
- Trees of Panama
- Trees of Puerto Rico
- Trees of the Yucatán
- Garden plants of North America
- Ornamental trees
- Drought-tolerant trees
- Flowers
- Asterid stubs
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