Cordia monoica

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| name = Sandpaper saucer-berry

| image = Plants of the coast of Coromandel Coast Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh India Flora Fruits Flowers (2).jpg

| image_caption = Cordia monoica, illustration from the species description

| genus = Cordia

| species = monoica

| authority = Roxb.

| synonyms_ref = {{Cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2737022|title = Cordia monoica Roxb. — the Plant List}}

| synonyms = *Cordia bakeri Britten

  • Cordia dioica Bojer ex A.DC.
  • Cordia diversa Thwaites
  • Cordia kabarensis De Wild.
  • Cordia obovata Baker [Illegitimate]
  • Cordia ovalis R.Br. ex A.DC.
  • Cordia polygama Roxb.
  • Cordia quarensis Gürke
  • Cordia rubra Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Gerascanthus bakeri (Britten) Borhidi
  • Gerascanthus dioicus (Bojer ex A.DC.) Borhidi
  • Gerascanthus monoicus (Roxb.) Borhidi [Invalid]
  • Lithocardium monoicum Kuntze
  • Lithocardium ovale Kuntze

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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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.africa.upenn.edu/faminefood/category3/Cat3_tolo_ota.htm|title=Cordia monoica|last=|first=|date=|website=www.africa.upenn.edu|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2017-08-07}}

References

{{Commons category|Cordia monoica}}

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  • [http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148220 Zimbabwe flora]
  • [http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/225617 India biodiversity]
  • [http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=77130 Sandpaper saucer-berry]

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Category:Flora of the Afrotropical realm

Category:Flora of the Indomalayan realm

monoica

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