Taxon:  Cordia subcordata Lam.



Summary
Genus:
Cordia
Family:
Cordiaceae
Nomen number:
11497
Place of publication:
Tabl. encycl. 1:421.  1792
Verified:
03/31/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
  3. Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family 198.
  4. Elevitch, C. R., ed. The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource). Note:
    • Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR), Holualoa, Hawai'i
    • http://www.traditionaltree.org/
  5. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  6. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  7. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  8. Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
  9. Parham, J. W. 1972. Plants of the Fiji islands, revised ed.
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  11. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
  12. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  13. Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
  14. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbeach cordial  1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Englishisland-walnut  1PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Englishmareer  1Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family 198.
Englishmarer  1Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family 198.
Englishsea trumpet  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Frenchfaux-ébène  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Frenchnoyer d'Océanie  2PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Hawaiiankou http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/Cordia-kou.pdf2Elevitch, C. R., ed. The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource). Note:
  • Permanent Agriculture Resources (PAR), Holualoa, Hawai'i
  • http://www.traditionaltree.org/
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanComoros  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanSeychelles  PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar   
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJawa Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaKalimantan Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaLesser Sunda Islands Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaMaluku Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSulawesi Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippinesLuzon Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippinesMimaropa (Region IV-B) Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippinesMindanao Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippinesMindoro Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippinesZamboanga Peninsula (Region IX) Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaIndonesiaPapua Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaSolomon Islands   
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territoryn.Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueenslandn.Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australian.e.Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia   
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificPalau   
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificUnited StatesGuam  
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificUnited StatesNorthern Mariana Islands  
1NativePacificSouth-Central PacificCook Islands   
1NativePacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia   
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificFiji   
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificNiue   
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificSamoa   
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificTonga   
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificVanuatu   
2Cultivated    also cult.PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Somalia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Hainan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
  • PAPUASIA: Indonesia [Papua], Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Sulawesi], Malaysia, Philippines [Luzon, Mimaropa (Region IV-B), Mindanao, Mindoro, Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX)]
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland (n.), Western Australia (n.e.), Northern Territory (n.)]
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, Palau, United States [Guam, Northern Mariana Islands]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: Cook Islands, French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, Niue, Tonga, Vanuatu, Samoa
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  3. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  4. Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
  5. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
  6. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  7. Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
  8. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Materialscarved material Parham, J. W. 1972. Plants of the Fiji islands, revised ed.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=11497. Accessed 11 May 2026.