Boraginaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Cordia cymosa

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cordia cymosa is a tree usually growing 5 - 20 metres tall but exceptionally to 30 metres[ 333 Title Tree Species of Panama Publication Author Website http://ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu/webatlas/mainframe.php?order=s Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Factsheets on all the tree and shrub species of Panama, giving identification guide, brief guide to the species and some uses. A vast, but rather incomplete work as of 15/07/09. , 485 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Vol 75 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden: Boston. Year 1988 ISBN Description Contains, amongst other things, an article on the flora of Tanzania, a treatment of the genus Xyris and one for the Panamanian Boraginaceae. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally. Cordia cymosa has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Peru, Ecuador, Colombia; C. America - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala.

HabitatMoist to very humid forests at low elevations[ 333 Title Tree Species of Panama Publication Author Website http://ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu/webatlas/mainframe.php?order=s Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Factsheets on all the tree and shrub species of Panama, giving identification guide, brief guide to the species and some uses. A vast, but rather incomplete work as of 15/07/09. ]. Mostly found in cloud forests, and rarely at low elevations in wet forests[ 485 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Vol 75 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden: Boston. Year 1988 ISBN Description Contains, amongst other things, an article on the flora of Tanzania, a treatment of the genus Xyris and one for the Panamanian Boraginaceae. It can be downloaded from the internet. ].