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Genus: Cordia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Asterids >  Euasterid I >  Family: Boraginaceae

About 250-300 species, native to tropical regions, with 6 species found in southern Africa.

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Cordia africana

 

Cordia caffra

Coelonia mauritii (Fulvous Hawkmoth

 Caterpillars have been recorded feeding on leaves of Cordia caffra.

Lepidoptera Sphingidae (hawkmoths)

 

Cordia grandicalyx

 

Cordia ovalis

 

Cordia pilosissima

 

Cordia quercifolia

 

Cordia sinensis

 

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