BoraginaceaeSubfamily Boraginoideae
Subfamily Cordioideae
Subfamily Heliotropioideae
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Cordia dichotoma Forst. f.
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- Common Name: Bird Lime Tree
- Family: Boraginaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: tropical Asia & Australasia
- Habitat:
- Description: This handsome, evergreen tree from tropical Asia and Australasia grows to 30 ft (9 m) high with a broadly spreading habit and broad, shiny leaves to 8 in (20 cm) long. It produces both male and hermaphrodite orange flowers. These flowers are followed by 1 in (25 mm) long dull pinkish edible fruit with sticky flesh.
- Uses: In India (Western Rajasthan): ripe fruit eaten raw; green fruit eaten as vegetable, in curry and pickled. Leaves eaten as a vegetable.
- Culture: These plants require steady, warm temperatures and moist, well-drained soil. They are propagated from seed or semi-ripe cuttings.
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Accession Data:- Accession # 198500500
- Source: FTG
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 2115 - SW Side bench
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-31-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: unplaced euasterid I
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- Family: Boraginaceae
- SubFamily: Cordioideae
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References:Botanica. Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version Famine Foods Website
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