Boraginaceae Cordia obliqua Willd.

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

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Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Lamina leaf blade
• Vegetative
• Venation
• Leaf parts
• Leaf
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Lance aux Epines - GRENADA
• Levera National Park - GRENADA
• Mt. Hartman Estate - GRENADA

Species information

Description
8m tree, with arching pendulous branches; blades elliptic to rounded, 4-7cm long, rounded at apex and base, entire or slightly wavy near apex; with tufts of hairs in axils of nerves; corolla tube 2mm, lobes 3x2mm, folded back; fruit fleshy, white or pale orange-yellow, 1-2cm, gummy, irregularly lobed.

Specimen information

Collection Date
16/06/2001

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, S.Cable & D. Jules

Specimen Number
542

Location
Along road to mangroves about 1 km from park entrance.

Notes
Spreading tree to 7 m with crooked bole. BARK: with shaggy, papery flakes in strips 1 x 30-50 cm. SLASH: fibrous, hard, pale orange-brown with darker layers, turning dark brown in outer parts. LEAVES: US midrib and secss impressed, tertiaries prominant; LS secs slightly prominant, tertiaries darker. (RHS colour code: Leaf upper =137C, below=146B)

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.120000 N   Longitude: 61.360000 W   Altitude: 5