Boraginaceae
Cordia

Cordia uncinulata De Wild.

First published in Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 9: 89 (1921)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to SW. Ethiopia. It is a scrambling shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Boraginaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1991

Morphology General Habit
Shrub or woody liane 1.8–15 m. tall or long; young branches brown, striate, with pale ferruginous and white hairs, later grey, obscurely lenticellate and glabrous, with short recurved spurs which are accrescent petiole-bases ± 3 mm. long, eventually subtending axillary shoots long after the leaves have fallen.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-blades elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 2.5–13 cm. long, 2.5–8 cm. wide, acuminate at the apex, cuneate, rounded or ± subcordate at the base, the margins entire to ± crenate in upper part, ± thin, discolorous, very shortly sparsely pubescent on both surfaces, not scabrid; petiole 0.5–5 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Cymes terminal, dichotomous; peduncle and main axes 1–1.5 cm. long, ferruginous pubescent; pedicels 1–2 mm. long, articulate, pubescent.
sex Male
Male:calyx tubular-campanulate, 5–7 mm. long, sparsely pubescent outside, glabrous inside, with 4–7 teeth; corolla white; tube 4–5 mm. long; lobes 4–5, elliptic to narrowly obovate or narrowly oblong, 4–6 mm. long, 1.3–2 mm. wide; stamens exserted, the filaments 5.5–6.5 mm. long, hairy at the base; anthers 1.5 mm. long; rudimentary ovary minute, under 1 mm. long; style absent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Female flowers similar but filaments 1–1.5 mm. long with a few hairs at the base; anthers sterile, 0.6 mm. long; ovary ovoid, 4 mm. long, 3 mm. diameter; style 1.5 mm. long; primary branches 1.5–2 mm. long, with stigmatic branches 3.5 mm. long. Male:calyx tubular-campanulate, 5–7 mm. long, sparsely pubescent outside, glabrous inside, with 4–7 teeth; corolla white; tube 4–5 mm. long; lobes 4–5, elliptic to narrowly obovate or narrowly oblong, 4–6 mm. long, 1.3–2 mm. wide; stamens exserted, the filaments 5.5–6.5 mm. long, hairy at the base; anthers 1.5 mm. long; rudimentary ovary minute, under 1 mm. long; style absent.
sex Female
Female flowers similar but filaments 1–1.5 mm. long with a few hairs at the base; anthers sterile, 0.6 mm. long; ovary ovoid, 4 mm. long, 3 mm. diameter; style 1.5 mm. long; primary branches 1.5–2 mm. long, with stigmatic branches 3.5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit orange, ovoid, ± 1 cm. long, 5–6 mm. diameter, usually with 2 locules, tipped by style-base; cup shallow, 1–1.5 cm. wide, 7–10 mm. long.
Figures
Fig. 4/1, p.16.
Habitat
Open evergreen forest; ± 1200 m.
Distribution
U2 U4
[FTEA]

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0