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African cordia

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Cordia africana or Sudan teak is a mid-sized, white-flowered, evergreen tree in the family Cordiaceae, native to Africa. It produces edible fruit, and its wood is used for drums or other carpentry.

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Plants you might recognize — olive trees and African cordia — are being lost to farmland clearing...

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Cordia africana
Family: Cordiaceae
Genus: Cordia
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Boraginales
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Habit: herb

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